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

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

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43 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
gruffed	15	4	494	(None)
gruffer	14	7	579	1	gruffer
ruffed	13	43	1274	1	_ruffed
bluffed	16	32	643	2	bluffed
buffed	15	43	1314	2	_buffed
chuffed	19	31	664	2	chuffed
cuffed	15	43	1121	2	_cuffed
fluffed	13	29	590	2	fluffed
gaffed	14	42	1020	2	g_affed
gauffer	14	7	442	2	gauffer
grafted	12	41	1022	2	grafted
griffe	13	43	809	2	griffe_
griffes	14	36	792	2	griffes
grifted	12	37	958	2	grifted
grubbed	13	40	643	2	grubbed
grudged	11	31	716	2	grudged
grueled	9	3	713	2	grueled
gruff	12	47	1214	2	gruff__
gruffest	15	4	459	2	gruffest
gruffier	15	4	470	2	gruffier
gruffly	17	41	389	2	gruffly
gruffs	13	33	745	2	gruff_s
gruffy	16	39	601	2	gruff_y
grumped	13	33	733	2	grumped
grunted	9	33	928	2	grunted
gulfed	11	48	1001	2	g_ulfed
huffed	16	37	1015	2	_huffed
luffed	13	38	1082	2	_luffed
muffed	15	42	1059	2	_muffed
pouffed	16	36	595	2	pouffed
puffed	15	35	1060	2	_puffed
reffed	13	47	1251	2	_reffed
riffed	13	38	1156	2	_riffed
ruffe	11	47	1381	2	_ruffe_
ruffes	12	41	1242	2	_ruffes
ruffled	14	36	915	2	_ruffled
scuffed	16	29	824	2	scuffed
sluffed	14	30	830	2	sluffed
snuffed	14	30	807	2	snuffed
stuffed	14	32	897	2	stuffed
truffe	12	7	623	2	truffe_
truffes	13	5	677	2	truffes
truffled	15	6	399	2	truffled

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	43	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.685	48491.5