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

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

11 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
boxfishes	24	4	415	(None)
foxfishes	25	4	405	1	foxfishes
batfishes	17	4	658	2	batfishes
blowfishes	21	4	346	2	blowfishes
boarfishes	18	4	497	2	boarfishes
bonefishes	18	4	491	2	bonefishes
boxfish	22	8	554	2	boxfish__
codfishes	18	4	564	2	codfishes
cowfishes	20	4	572	2	cowfishes
dogfishes	17	4	508	2	dogfishes
hogfishes	19	4	468	2	hogfishes

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	11	3.080	39427.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.486	51259.6