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

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

22 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
puzzling	19	22	539	(None)
guzzling	18	22	506	1	guzzling
muzzling	19	24	573	1	muzzling
nuzzling	17	22	477	1	nuzzling
buzzing	18	18	654	2	buzz_ing
dazzling	18	3	436	2	dazzling
fizzling	20	26	499	2	fizzling
fuzzing	19	33	618	2	fuzz_ing
huzzaing	20	4	243	2	huzzaing
mizzling	19	25	544	2	mizzling
puddling	13	21	803	2	puddling
puling	9	36	2140	2	pu__ling
pulling	10	38	2107	2	pu_lling
pungling	12	22	866	2	pungling
purfling	14	6	776	2	purfling
purling	10	36	2029	2	pu_rling
purpling	13	6	854	2	purpling
putzing	19	35	912	2	putz_ing
puzzlingly	24	4	188	2	puzzlingly
sizzling	17	22	578	2	sizzling
unpuzzling	21	4	157	2	unpuzzling
zizzling	16	23	392	2	zizzling

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.812	46875.9