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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sniffer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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45 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
sniffer	13	31	890	(None)
niffer	12	37	844	1	_niffer
sniffed	14	31	818	1	sniffed
sniffers	14	25	712	1	sniffers
sniffier	14	35	663	1	sniffier
sniffler	14	29	682	1	sniffler
snifter	10	34	962	1	snifter
snuffer	13	31	884	1	snuffer
stiffer	13	31	939	1	stiffer
differ	13	39	1084	2	_differ
knifer	13	59	856	2	kni_fer
niffers	13	28	736	2	_niffers
scoffer	15	31	702	2	scoffer
scuffer	15	32	888	2	scuffer
shifter	13	29	1107	2	shifter
sifter	9	45	1623	2	s_ifter
snicker	13	30	1267	2	snicker
snider	7	44	1391	2	sni_der
sniff	11	39	1585	2	sniff__
sniffle	13	28	764	2	sniffle
sniffled	15	27	643	2	sniffled
snifflers	15	27	504	2	snifflers
sniffles	14	25	771	2	sniffles
sniffly	16	26	564	2	sniffly
sniffs	12	37	884	2	sniff_s
sniffy	15	33	719	2	sniff_y
snifters	11	31	860	2	snifters
snigger	9	32	837	2	snigger
sniper	8	44	1364	2	sni_per
snipper	11	39	1132	2	snipper
snuffed	14	30	806	2	snuffed
snuffers	14	32	691	2	snuffers
snuffier	14	27	693	2	snuffier
snuffler	14	31	740	2	snuffler
spiffed	16	25	710	2	spiffed
spiffier	16	25	588	2	spiffier
staffer	13	29	909	2	staffer
stiffed	14	35	958	2	stiffed
stiffen	13	28	602	2	stiffen
stifler	10	29	1146	2	stifler
stuffer	13	34	979	2	stuffer
suffer	12	43	1451	2	s_uffer
swifter	13	31	805	2	swifter
unifier	10	22	1186	2	unifier
whiffer	19	10	532	2	whiffer

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	107671	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	45	5.686	18936.2
3	Display Results	45	45	0.033	1363.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	5.875	30415.5