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

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

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.

10 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
chafer	14	47	1457	(None)
chafe	13	51	1735	1	chafe_
chafed	15	48	1391	1	chafed
chafers	15	45	1274	1	chafers
chafes	14	50	1791	1	chafes
chaffer	18	38	947	1	chaffer
chamfer	17	39	986	1	chamfer
chaser	11	49	1838	1	chaser
chaufer	15	34	794	1	chaufer
chawer	14	43	1441	1	chawer

Search took 2 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	48755	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	10	0.890	54780.9
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	1.186	150666.9