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

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

21 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
clingfish	18	4	298	(None)
blindfish	18	4	276	2	blindfish
clingfishes	20	5	254	2	clingfishes
kingfish	19	4	449	2	_kingfish
lungfish	15	4	396	2	_lungfish
clannish	13	4	526	3	clan_nish
clingers	11	38	1066	3	clingers_
clingier	11	5	585	3	cling_ier
clingiest	12	5	713	3	clingiest
clinging	12	29	1091	3	cling_ing
clings	9	57	1621	3	cling__s_
cliquish	22	4	402	3	cli_quish
finfish	16	26	819	3	_fin_fish
jingoish	19	13	438	3	_jingoish
languish	12	13	625	3	_languish
linguisa	9	4	447	3	_linguisa
linguist	9	4	857	3	_linguist
lionfish	14	5	409	3	_lionfish
longish	11	22	909	3	_long_ish
pigfish	16	21	717	3	_pi_gfish
pinfish	15	31	930	3	_pin_fish

Search took 8 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	148641	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.156	20771.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.312	24438.0