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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “afghani” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

14 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
afghani	14	4	253	(None)
afghan	13	3	387	1	afghan_
afghanis	15	4	286	1	afghanis
afghans	14	4	357	1	afghans
affiant	13	4	843	3	affiant
again	6	52	1812	3	a_g_ain
agha	8	74	1730	3	a_gha__
aghas	9	70	1487	3	a_gha_s
aghast	10	57	1137	3	a_ghast
argali	7	50	1375	3	arg_ali
ataghan	11	4	465	3	ataghan_
ataghans	12	4	426	3	ataghans
ghazi	18	3	744	3	__ghazi
offhand	17	4	288	3	offhand

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	134027	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	14	6.703	19995.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.122	25090.0