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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tipstaff” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

13 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
tipstaff	16	4	300	(None)
tipstaffs	17	5	178	1	tipstaffs
distaff	14	6	768	2	di_staff
distaffs	15	6	508	3	di_staffs
pikestaff	21	5	213	3	pikestaff
restaff	13	3	901	3	_restaff
staff	11	38	1771	3	___staff
tipoff	14	3	638	3	tip__off
tipstaves	14	4	335	3	tipstaves
tipster	9	29	905	3	tipst_er
tipsters	10	27	852	3	tipsters
tipstock	16	4	373	3	tipstock
waitstaff	18	5	170	3	waitstaff

Search took 8 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	146162	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	13	7.470	19566.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.939	22508.0