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

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

22 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
elfish	12	6	796	(None)
elvish	12	7	756	1	elvish
selfish	13	8	851	1	selfish
bluish	11	5	924	2	bluish
deafish	14	3	853	2	deafish
dealfish	15	4	550	2	dealfish
delish	10	52	1561	2	del_ish
elfin	8	43	1246	2	elfi_n
elfins	9	48	1094	2	elfins
elfishly	17	4	350	2	elfishly
fish	10	69	2627	2	__fish
fluish	12	3	933	2	fluish
hellish	13	3	1072	2	hellish
jewfish	23	4	354	2	jewfish
leftish	13	19	725	2	leftish
oafish	12	13	1172	2	oafish
offish	15	13	727	2	offish
oldish	10	16	931	2	oldish
redfish	14	3	779	2	redfish
relish	9	39	1695	2	rel_ish
serfish	13	4	897	2	serfish
wolfish	16	3	693	2	wolfish

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.736	30172.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.859	62501.2