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

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

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
howffs	18	53	504	(None)
howff	17	51	1049	1	howff_
howfs	14	48	1450	1	how_fs
boffs	13	49	1550	2	bo_ffs
coffs	13	49	1630	2	co_ffs
doffs	12	56	1433	2	do_ffs
hoofs	11	57	2104	2	ho_ofs
howes	11	47	3026	2	how_es
howf	13	61	2720	2	how_f_
howks	15	50	1685	2	how_ks
howls	11	62	1922	2	how_ls
hows	10	63	4560	2	how__s
huffs	14	45	1474	2	h_uffs
offs	10	71	1701	2	_o_ffs
pouffs	14	41	812	2	pouffs
showoffs	20	4	245	2	showoffs
toffs	11	60	1672	2	to_ffs

Search took 6 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	0.690	258972.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	5.186	15918.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.892	30327.7