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

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

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
earmuff	15	4	306	(None)
earmuffs	16	4	137	1	earmuffs
argufy	13	4	409	3	_argufy
armful	11	6	716	3	_armful
armure	8	7	1013	3	_armure
earbud	9	3	628	3	earbu_d
earbuds	10	4	463	3	earbuds
earful	9	5	896	3	earfu_l
earfuls	10	3	686	3	earfuls
earmark	13	4	565	3	earmark
gruff	12	47	1214	3	_gr_uff
harmful	15	3	576	3	harmful
muff	12	47	2386	3	___muff
ruff	10	51	2765	3	__r_uff
scruff	14	3	796	3	scr_uff
tariff	12	7	1136	3	tar_iff
tartufe	10	6	467	3	tartufe
tartuffe	14	6	190	3	tartuffe
warmup	13	3	534	3	warmu_p
warmups	14	3	381	3	warmups

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	134027	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	20	7.313	18327.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.512	23787.4