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

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

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58 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
aloof	8	35	2157	(None)
kloof	12	38	1213	1	kloof
loof	7	81	4105	1	_loof
abloom	10	3	978	2	abloom
aboon	7	49	1870	2	aboon
afoot	8	4	2011	2	afoot
aldol	6	12	1233	2	aldol
alef	7	63	4069	2	al_ef
algor	6	5	1305	2	algor
alif	7	62	4214	2	al_if
allod	6	44	1838	2	allod
allot	5	49	3387	2	allot
allow	8	54	2066	2	allow
alloy	8	55	1997	2	alloy
aloe	4	55	4019	2	al_oe
aloes	5	49	3367	2	aloes
aloft	8	4	2343	2	aloft
aloha	8	5	1362	2	aloha
aloin	5	52	2742	2	aloin
alone	5	57	3296	2	alone
along	6	54	1949	2	along
aloofly	13	4	362	2	aloofly
aloud	6	50	1807	2	aloud
alow	7	53	2859	2	al_ow
also	4	64	2344	2	also_
alto	4	78	3126	2	alto_
altos	5	58	2295	2	altos
blood	8	53	1952	2	blood
bloom	9	59	1897	2	bloom
bloop	9	61	1615	2	bloop
cloot	7	61	2705	2	cloot
coof	9	66	4327	2	_coof
flood	9	52	1560	2	flood
floor	8	42	1523	2	floor
galoot	7	27	1916	2	galoot
gloom	8	71	1652	2	gloom
goof	8	54	3687	2	_goof
hoof	10	60	3658	2	_hoof
kloofs	13	38	635	2	kloofs
loaf	7	67	3490	2	_loaf
loo	3	83	5982	2	_loo_
loofa	8	59	1281	2	_loofa
loofs	8	56	2378	2	_loofs
look	8	73	3347	2	_look
loom	6	70	3505	2	_loom
loon	4	73	4479	2	_loon
loop	6	78	3501	2	_loop
loos	4	90	5112	2	_loos
loot	4	69	5582	2	_loot
poof	9	55	4166	2	_poof
proof	10	52	2153	2	proof
roof	7	57	3883	2	_roof
saloon	6	44	1802	2	saloon
saloop	8	42	1258	2	saloop
sloop	7	61	1891	2	sloop
spoof	10	50	1901	2	spoof
whoof	14	46	1269	2	whoof
woof	10	65	3242	2	_woof

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	53800	1.013	176397.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	58	4.796	11217.7
3	Display Results	58	58	0.033	1757.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	58	5.842	30587.3