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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “outfishes” 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.

20 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
outfishes	15	11	802	(None)
outfished	16	11	660	1	outfished
outwishes	15	12	656	1	outwishes
batfishes	17	4	658	2	batfishes
catfishes	17	4	630	2	catfishes
goatfishes	17	4	393	2	goatfishes
mudfishes	18	4	419	2	mudfishes
oarfishes	15	15	695	2	oarfishes
outfights	16	4	378	2	outfights
outfires	11	3	986	2	outfi_res
outfish	13	22	1057	2	outfish__
outgushes	13	4	485	2	outgushes
outkisses	13	4	430	2	outkisses
outpushes	14	4	525	2	outpushes
outrushes	12	4	665	2	outrushes
outwashes	15	11	618	2	outwashes
outwished	16	5	568	2	outwished
pupfishes	19	4	431	2	pupfishes
ratfishes	15	4	610	2	ratfishes
sunfishes	15	4	703	2	sunfishes

Search took 5 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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	4.686	25914.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.842	36904.4