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

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

16 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
ruffs	11	45	1674	(None)
buffs	13	55	1951	1	buffs
cuffs	13	50	1749	1	cuffs
duffs	12	52	1662	1	duffs
gruffs	13	33	745	1	gruffs
guffs	12	44	1482	1	guffs
huffs	14	45	1474	1	huffs
luffs	11	45	1628	1	luffs
muffs	13	41	1421	1	muffs
puffs	13	41	1493	1	puffs
raffs	11	50	1752	1	raffs
riffs	11	51	1461	1	riffs
ruff	10	51	2765	1	ruff_
ruffe	11	47	1381	1	ruffe
ruffes	12	41	1242	1	ruffes
tuffs	11	51	1826	1	tuffs

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	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	16	0.500	57512.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	0.592	301842.9