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

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

15 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
stiffest	14	3	568	(None)
sniffiest	15	23	600	2	sniffiest
spiffiest	17	23	566	2	spiffiest
stiffed	14	35	958	2	stiffe_d
stiffen	13	28	602	2	stiffe_n
stiffens	14	24	411	2	stiffens
stiffer	13	31	939	2	stiffe_r
stiffies	14	25	838	2	stiffies_
stiffish	17	4	524	2	stiffish
stiffness	15	4	355	2	stiffness
stiffs	12	38	996	2	stiff_s_
stifles	10	30	1339	2	stifles_
stillest	8	3	1107	2	stillest
stuffiest	15	23	595	2	stuffiest
swiftest	14	3	435	2	swiftest

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	4.220	28687.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.610	38761.6