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

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

20 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
buffered	17	6	499	(None)
buffeted	17	5	373	1	buffeted
suffered	15	3	673	1	suffered
buffed	15	43	1314	2	buff__ed
buffer	14	45	1268	2	buffer__
buffers	15	33	1079	2	buffer_s
buffeter	16	8	359	2	buffeter
buggered	13	3	562	2	buggered
bumpered	15	3	600	2	bumpered
bunkered	15	17	718	2	bunkered
buttered	11	27	1262	2	buttered
coffered	17	3	767	2	coffered
differed	16	3	552	2	differed
gauffered	17	4	187	2	gauffered
goffered	16	3	452	2	goffered
mufflered	18	4	212	2	mufflered
niffered	15	4	414	2	niffered
offered	14	3	614	2	_offered
sufferer	14	3	606	2	sufferer
unbuffered	19	5	176	2	unbuffered

Search took 5 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	121059	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.563	33976.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.999	44683.9