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

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

19 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
snafued	11	3	493	(None)
naffed	13	40	833	2	_naffed
shafted	14	28	881	2	shafted
snacked	14	40	1311	2	snacked
snaffled	15	28	521	2	snaffled
snafu	8	4	1214	2	snafu__
snafus	9	3	674	2	snafu_s
snagged	10	40	1067	2	snagged
snailed	8	38	1192	2	snailed
snaked	11	50	1759	2	sna_ked
snapped	12	46	1120	2	snapped
snared	7	48	2455	2	sna_red
snarfed	11	37	875	2	snarfed
snarled	8	36	1236	2	snarled
snawed	10	48	1373	2	sna_wed
sniffed	14	31	818	2	sniffed
snuffed	14	30	807	2	snuffed
staffed	14	29	828	2	staffed
statued	8	45	989	2	statued

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.046	35348.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.468	51525.7