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

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

30 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
sulfo	8	3	1336	(None)
sulfa	8	3	1392	1	sulfa
buffo	13	51	1218	2	buffo
gulf	8	49	2942	2	gulf_
gulfs	9	49	1530	2	gulfs
gulfy	12	46	1200	2	gulfy
hullo	8	44	1745	2	hullo
salvo	8	44	1564	2	salvo
self	7	51	3829	2	self_
selfs	8	52	2024	2	selfs
silo	4	60	3791	2	sil_o
sluff	11	40	1681	2	sluff
soldo	6	71	1656	2	soldo
solo	4	55	3894	2	sol_o
sulci	7	6	1505	2	sulci
sulfas	9	3	1156	2	sulfas
sulfid	10	3	906	2	sulfid
sulfone	10	3	748	2	sulfone
sulfur	9	3	791	2	sulfur
sulk	8	53	2665	2	sul_k
sulks	9	48	1846	2	sulks
sulky	12	47	1536	2	sulky
sully	8	46	2290	2	sully
sulu	4	51	2842	2	sul_u
sulus	5	48	2188	2	sulus
sumo	6	73	2631	2	su_mo
surf	7	60	3931	2	surf_
surfs	8	50	2254	2	surfs
surfy	11	53	1947	2	surfy
vulgo	9	3	695	2	vulgo

Search took 8 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	53800	0.936	190909.2
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	30	6.703	8026.3
3	Display Results	30	30	0.016	1875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	30	7.655	23343.0