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

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

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.

14 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
hoofs	11	57	2104	(None)
coofs	10	59	2471	1	coofs
goofs	9	48	2100	1	goofs
hoods	9	51	2408	1	hoods
hoof	10	60	3658	1	hoof_
hooks	12	50	2712	1	hooks
hoops	10	56	2107	1	hoops
hoots	8	48	3024	1	hoots
howfs	14	48	1450	1	howfs
loofs	8	56	2378	1	loofs
poofs	10	52	2279	1	poofs
roofs	8	53	2115	1	roofs
whoofs	15	45	724	1	whoofs
woofs	11	49	1800	1	woofs

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	14	0.546	52666.7
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	0.639	279641.6