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

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

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88 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
buffer	14	45	1268	(None)
bluffer	15	39	688	1	bluffer
buffed	15	43	1314	1	buffed
buffers	15	33	1079	1	buffers
buffet	14	31	1378	1	buffet
buffier	15	6	840	1	buffier
duffer	13	47	1166	1	duffer
puffer	14	46	1073	1	puffer
suffer	12	43	1451	1	suffer
baffed	15	48	1217	2	baffed
baffler	15	41	811	2	baffler
biffed	15	44	988	2	biffed
bluffed	16	32	643	2	bluffed
bluffers	16	40	570	2	bluffers
boffed	15	36	948	2	boffed
bouffe	14	43	831	2	bouffe_
bouffes	15	38	863	2	bouffes
bucker	14	54	2046	2	bucker
budder	10	43	1481	2	budder
budger	10	46	1770	2	budger
buff	12	52	2986	2	buff__
buffered	17	6	499	2	buffered
buffest	15	29	864	2	buffest
buffeter	16	8	359	2	buffeter
buffets	15	31	759	2	buffets
buffi	13	61	1220	2	buff_i
buffo	13	51	1218	2	buff_o
buffos	14	44	785	2	buffos
buffs	13	55	1951	2	buff_s
buffy	16	50	1337	2	buff_y
bugger	10	44	1872	2	bugger
bugler	9	47	1772	2	bugler
bulger	9	49	1735	2	bulger
bummer	12	40	1410	2	bummer
bumper	12	37	1434	2	bumper
bunker	12	45	1937	2	bunker
bunter	8	50	2038	2	bunter
burger	9	40	2079	2	burger
burier	8	43	2465	2	burier
burker	12	52	2117	2	burker
burler	8	47	2383	2	burler
burner	8	38	1920	2	burner
burrer	8	37	1847	2	burrer
busher	11	49	2220	2	busher
busier	8	52	1972	2	busier
busker	12	55	1783	2	busker
buster	8	47	2649	2	buster
butler	8	42	2003	2	butler
butter	8	47	2423	2	butter
buyer	10	50	1309	2	bu_yer
buzzer	16	37	911	2	buzzer
chuffer	18	33	714	2	chuffer
coffer	14	41	1286	2	coffer
cuffed	15	43	1121	2	cuffed
deffer	13	44	1130	2	deffer
differ	13	39	1084	2	differ
doffer	13	39	1135	2	doffer
duffel	13	40	775	2	duffel
duffers	14	34	1009	2	duffers
fluffer	12	33	650	2	fluffer
gaffer	13	43	1013	2	gaffer
gauffer	14	7	442	2	gauffer
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer
gruffer	14	7	579	2	gruffer
huffed	16	37	1015	2	huffed
huffier	16	3	749	2	huffier
luffed	13	38	1082	2	luffed
muffed	15	42	1059	2	muffed
muffler	15	39	834	2	muffler
niffer	12	37	844	2	niffer
offer	11	43	1138	2	_offer
puffed	15	35	1060	2	puffed
puffers	15	34	920	2	puffers
puffery	18	23	511	2	puffery
puffier	15	4	797	2	puffier
quaffer	22	3	513	2	quaffer
ruffe	11	47	1381	2	ruffe_
ruffed	13	43	1274	2	ruffed
ruffes	12	41	1242	2	ruffes
ruffler	13	36	972	2	ruffler
scuffer	15	32	888	2	scuffer
snuffer	13	31	885	2	snuffer
stuffer	13	34	979	2	stuffer
suffers	13	31	1354	2	suffers
surfer	9	35	1588	2	surfer
tuffet	12	26	1208	2	tuffet
tufter	9	31	993	2	tufter
zaffer	21	39	715	2	zaffer

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	88	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	88	88	0.030	2933.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	88	2.749	65002.2