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

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

18 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
giraffish	19	4	197	(None)
draffish	18	4	455	2	_draffish
giraffes	15	4	260	2	giraffes_
grayfish	18	4	448	2	g_rayfish
gruffish	18	4	394	2	g_ruffish
raffish	16	5	884	2	__raffish
crawfish	19	4	423	3	_crawfish
crayfish	19	4	425	3	_crayfish
garfish	14	17	920	3	g__arfish
giraffe	14	4	299	3	giraff__e
girlish	11	3	719	3	gir__lish
goatfish	15	4	429	3	g_oatfish
graffiti	15	4	298	3	g_raffiti
graffito	15	4	287	3	g_raffito
grayish	14	3	781	3	g_ra_yish
guitarfish	17	5	125	3	guitarfish
ratfish	13	3	877	3	__ratfish
surffish	17	4	478	3	sur_ffish

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.653	22342.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.092	25196.1