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

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

25 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
puffins	15	27	891	(None)
muffins	15	30	834	1	muffins
puffin	14	114	900	1	puffin_
puffing	16	29	1094	1	puffing
biffins	15	35	853	2	biffins
boffins	15	32	907	2	boffins
buffing	16	34	1139	2	buffing
coffins	15	31	1019	2	coffins
cuffing	16	32	1025	2	cuffing
huffing	17	27	883	2	huffing
luffing	14	33	1010	2	luffing
muffin	14	29	887	2	muffin_
muffing	16	32	1040	2	muffing
puffers	15	34	920	2	puffers
puffier	15	4	797	2	puffier
puffiest	16	4	732	2	puffiest
puffily	18	3	484	2	puffily
puffiness	17	6	436	2	puffiness
puffs	13	41	1493	2	puff__s
punkins	13	31	1111	2	punkins
purins	8	37	2265	2	pu_rins
purlins	9	34	1542	2	purlins
ruffians	14	4	379	2	ruffians
ruffing	14	32	1084	2	ruffing
tiffins	13	32	798	2	tiffins

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.626	29694.2
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	4.015	44505.9