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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “triggerfish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

20 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
triggerfish	19	5	88	(None)
triggerfishes	21	6	66	2	triggerfishes
tigerish	12	4	656	3	t_i_ger_ish
triggering	13	4	388	3	trigger_ing
triggers	10	25	784	3	trigger__s_
anglerfish	17	5	163	4	_anglerfish
archerfish	21	5	183	4	ar_cherfish
priggeries	14	4	499	4	prigger_ies
priggish	15	4	468	4	prigg___ish
riggers	9	36	1384	4	_rigger__s_
silverfish	19	5	217	4	_silverfish
tigrish	11	3	757	4	t_i_g_r_ish
tilefish	14	4	545	4	t_i_le_fish
trigger	9	32	916	4	trigger____
triggered	12	4	352	4	trigger__ed
triggerman	14	7	155	4	trigger_man
triggermen	14	7	164	4	trigger_men
triggest	10	3	692	4	trigge___st
trimerism	13	4	569	4	tri_mer_ism
viperfish	20	4	294	4	_vi_perfish

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	20	9.330	15950.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	9.763	18302.9