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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “candlefishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
candlefishes	21	5	200	(None)
candlefish	19	5	267	2	candlefish__
paddlefishes	22	5	134	2	paddlefishes
angelfishes	18	6	269	3	_angelfishes
anglerfishes	19	5	124	3	_anglerfishes
candlelights	19	6	149	3	candlelights
cavefishes	21	4	386	3	ca__vefishes
cuttlefishes	20	5	137	3	cuttlefishes
needlefishes	19	5	137	3	needlefishes
sablefishes	19	5	289	3	sa_blefishes
sandfishes	17	4	554	3	sand__fishes

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	11	3.453	27519.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.013	846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.826	46704.4