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

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

23 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
howff	17	51	1049	(None)
howf	13	61	2720	1	how_f
howffs	18	53	504	1	howffs
howfs	14	48	1450	1	howfs
boff	12	47	2732	2	bo_ff
coff	12	69	3078	2	co_ff
doff	11	62	2578	2	do_ff
hoof	10	60	3658	2	ho_of
hoofs	11	57	2104	2	hoofs
how	9	72	5243	2	how__
howdy	15	57	1141	2	howdy
howe	10	67	3410	2	how_e
howes	11	47	3026	2	howes
howk	14	52	2196	2	how_k
howks	15	50	1685	2	howks
howl	10	76	2569	2	how_l
howls	11	62	1922	2	howls
hows	10	63	4560	2	how_s
huff	13	56	2384	2	h_uff
off	9	63	3163	2	_o_ff
pouff	13	52	1542	2	pouff
showoff	19	4	388	2	showoff
toff	10	59	2990	2	to_ff

Search took 2 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	53800	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	23	1.813	29674.6
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	1.969	90752.2