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

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

16 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
doofus	10	3	616	(None)
coofs	10	59	2471	2	coof_s
doffs	12	56	1433	2	d_offs
doofuses	12	4	428	2	doofuses
doomful	13	4	366	2	doomful
dooms	8	53	2134	2	doo_ms
doors	6	50	2213	2	doo_rs
dufus	9	40	1081	2	d_ufus
goofs	9	48	2100	2	goof_s
hoofs	11	57	2104	2	hoof_s
loofas	9	42	983	2	loofas
loofs	8	56	2378	2	loof_s
poofs	10	52	2279	2	poof_s
roofs	8	53	2115	2	roof_s
tofus	8	64	1542	2	_tofus
woofs	11	49	1800	2	woof_s

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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	16	3.876	21298.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.999	44683.9