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

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

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
snafuing	12	3	508	(None)
naffing	14	35	903	2	_naffing
shafting	15	27	868	2	shafting
snacking	15	34	1170	2	snacking
snaffling	16	4	376	2	snaffling
snagging	11	31	937	2	snagging
snailing	9	29	1297	2	snailing
snaking	12	39	1530	2	sna_king
snapping	13	34	965	2	snapping
snarfing	12	35	866	2	snarfing
snaring	8	39	2095	2	sna_ring
snarling	9	25	1318	2	snarling
snawing	11	36	1248	2	sna_wing
sniffing	15	22	745	2	sniffing
snuffing	15	25	680	2	snuffing
staffing	15	24	749	2	staffing

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.406	35542.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.812	46875.9