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

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

21 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
kaffirs	17	32	555	(None)
kaffir	16	34	530	1	kaffir_
kafirs	13	30	698	1	ka_firs
zaffirs	22	37	566	1	zaffirs
affairs	13	3	416	2	_affairs
affirm	14	3	552	2	_affirm
affirms	15	3	438	2	_affirms
baffies	15	36	1294	2	baffies
gaffers	14	42	871	2	gaffers
haffits	16	3	619	2	haffits
kafir	12	48	890	2	ka_fir_
kefirs	13	39	665	2	k_efirs
maffias	15	32	728	2	maffias
maftirs	12	3	604	2	maftirs
raffias	13	23	771	2	raffias
taffias	13	37	741	2	taffias
taffies	13	30	1269	2	taffies
waffies	16	36	1144	2	waffies
zaffars	22	32	523	2	zaffars
zaffers	22	38	677	2	zaffers
zaffir	21	39	551	2	zaffir_

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.076	35003.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.468	51525.7