Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “elfins” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
elfins	9	48	1094	(None)
elains	6	49	1985	1	elains
elfin	8	43	1246	1	elfin_
eloins	6	54	1938	1	eloins
algins	7	48	1643	2	algins
aloins	6	50	2220	2	aloins
blains	8	45	1637	2	blains
elain	5	53	2470	2	elain_
elans	5	55	2775	2	el_ans
elfish	12	6	796	2	elfish
elint	5	54	3647	2	el_int
elints	6	58	1642	2	el_ints
eloigns	8	42	535	2	eloigns
eloin	5	59	2320	2	eloin_
eosins	6	44	1916	2	eosins
fins	7	58	4909	2	__fins
kelvins	14	10	656	2	kelvins
levins	9	45	1465	2	levins
lins	4	70	5905	2	_l_ins
loins	5	67	2842	2	_loins
olefins	10	3	749	2	olefins
oleins	6	3	1352	2	oleins
plains	8	50	1959	2	plains
redfins	11	3	992	2	redfins
selfing	11	29	1162	2	selfing
welkins	14	3	717	2	welkins

Search took 10 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	2.310	77355.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	7.126	11584.5
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	9.452	18905.1