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

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

17 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
candlefish	19	5	267	(None)
candlefishes	21	5	200	2	candlefishes
paddlefish	20	5	148	2	paddlefish
angelfish	16	4	286	3	_angelfish
anglerfish	17	5	163	3	_anglerfish
candlelight	18	6	241	3	candlelight
candlelit	12	6	541	3	candleli_t
candlepin	14	4	356	3	candlepi_n
candlepins	15	4	368	3	candlepins
candlers	11	42	1410	3	candle_rs_
candles	10	44	2234	3	candle__s_
candlewick	22	5	181	3	candlewick
cavefish	19	7	485	3	ca__vefish
cuttlefish	18	5	155	3	cuttlefish
needlefish	17	5	118	3	needlefish
sablefish	17	4	290	3	sa_blefish
sandfish	15	5	668	3	sand__fish

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	7.500	18747.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.906	22601.9