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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “oarfishes” 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
oarfishes	15	15	695	(None)
boarfishes	18	4	497	1	boarfishes
garfishes	16	16	708	1	garfishes
batfishes	17	4	658	2	batfishes
catfishes	17	4	630	2	catfishes
coalfishes	18	4	469	2	coalfishes
garnishes	13	19	881	2	garnishes
goatfishes	17	4	393	2	goatfishes
hagfishes	19	4	515	2	hagfishes
marishes	13	5	1255	2	mar_ishes
oarfish	13	15	861	2	oarfish__
outfishes	15	11	802	2	outfishes
overfishes	19	4	701	2	overfishes
panfishes	17	3	759	2	panfishes
parishes	13	3	1475	2	par_ishes
ratfishes	15	4	610	2	ratfishes
sawfishes	18	4	574	2	sawfishes
starfishes	16	4	615	2	starfishes
tarnishes	12	18	889	2	tarnishes
toadfishes	17	4	379	2	toadfishes
varnishes	15	20	791	2	varnishes

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.673	33061.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.826	46704.4