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

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

25 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
aguish	10	5	928	(None)
anguish	11	11	763	1	anguish
ageism	9	6	880	2	ageism
ageist	7	3	1538	2	ageist
agism	8	46	1406	2	ag_ism
agist	6	63	2558	2	ag_ist
agues	6	49	1905	2	agues_
aguishly	15	4	361	2	aguishly
apish	10	51	1663	2	a_pish
aspish	11	48	1033	2	aspish
bluish	11	5	924	2	bluish
cuish	10	3	1317	2	_cuish
fluish	12	3	933	2	fluish
garish	10	45	1692	2	garish
guise	6	47	1771	2	_guise
gursh	9	45	1233	2	_gursh
gush	8	54	2400	2	_gu_sh
hagfish	17	22	761	2	hagfish
haggish	15	20	747	2	haggish
languish	12	13	625	2	languish
ogrish	10	3	926	2	ogrish
roguish	11	5	683	2	roguish
squish	18	3	857	2	squish
voguish	14	6	520	2	voguish
waggish	15	20	707	2	waggish

Search took 3 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	82551	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.410	34253.5
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	2.749	65002.2