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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “buffooneries” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

14 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
buffooneries	20	6	100	(None)
babooneries	15	5	243	3	b_abooneries
buffoonery	21	5	95	3	buffooner__y
bloomeries	14	4	610	4	b__loomeries
booteries	11	3	1278	4	b___ooteries
buffaloberries	24	7	79	4	buffaloberries
buffoonish	21	5	125	4	buffoon__ish
buffoons	16	4	309	4	buffoon____s
effronteries	18	6	189	4	_effronteries
festooneries	15	5	217	4	festooneries
fooleries	12	4	874	4	___fooleries
lampooneries	16	5	175	4	lampooneries
pufferies	17	4	520	4	puff___eries
tomfooleries	17	7	136	4	tomfooleries

Search took 9 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	124790	0.766	233278.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	7.686	16236.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	8.452	21141.9