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

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

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32 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
whoofed	17	37	451	(None)
hoofed	13	46	1489	1	_hoofed
whooped	16	32	693	1	whooped
woofed	13	45	1120	1	w_oofed
goofed	11	49	1138	2	_goofed
hooded	11	46	1674	2	_hooded
hoofer	12	40	1495	2	_hoofer
hooked	14	53	2055	2	_hooked
hooped	12	55	1818	2	_hooped
hooted	10	44	2266	2	_hooted
hooved	13	47	1312	2	_hooved
proofed	13	13	872	2	proofed
roofed	10	52	1474	2	_roofed
shooed	10	39	1608	2	shoo_ed
shooled	11	52	1266	2	shooled
spoofed	13	39	910	2	spoofed
wharfed	17	3	441	2	wharfed
whiffed	20	6	447	2	whiffed
whomped	18	34	547	2	whomped
whoof	14	46	1269	2	whoof__
whoofs	15	45	724	2	whoof_s
whoopee	15	28	751	2	whoopee
whooper	15	29	715	2	whooper
whooshed	18	3	345	2	whooshed
whopped	18	35	800	2	whopped
whored	13	55	1212	2	wh_ored
whorled	14	36	690	2	whorled
wolfed	13	42	801	2	w_olfed
wooded	11	42	1368	2	w_ooded
wooed	9	44	1987	2	w_oo_ed
woofer	12	44	1136	2	w_oofer
wooled	10	37	1550	2	w_ooled

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	107671	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	32	2.940	36622.8
3	Display Results	32	32	0.013	2461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	32	3.309	54001.5