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

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

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78 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
gaffer	13	43	1013	(None)
gaffe	12	41	1165	1	gaffe_
gaffed	14	42	1020	1	gaffed
gaffers	14	42	871	1	gaffers
gaffes	13	48	1110	1	gaffes
gauffer	14	7	442	1	gauffer
goffer	13	40	951	1	goffer
zaffer	21	39	715	1	zaffer
after	8	57	1979	2	_after
baffed	15	48	1217	2	baffed
baffler	15	41	811	2	baffler
buffer	14	45	1268	2	buffer
chaffer	18	38	947	2	chaffer
coffer	14	41	1286	2	coffer
daffed	14	42	949	2	daffed
daffier	14	5	783	2	daffier
dafter	10	48	1334	2	dafter
deffer	13	44	1130	2	deffer
differ	13	39	1084	2	differ
doffer	13	39	1135	2	doffer
duffer	13	47	1166	2	duffer
gabber	11	49	1660	2	gabber
gadder	9	37	1471	2	gadder
gaff	11	48	2815	2	gaff__
gaffs	12	49	1465	2	gaff_s
gager	7	47	2629	2	ga_ger
gagger	9	50	1651	2	gagger
gainer	7	41	1749	2	gainer
gaiter	7	38	1950	2	gaiter
gamer	8	49	2894	2	ga_mer
gamier	9	36	1793	2	gamier
gammer	11	123	1833	2	gammer
gander	8	43	2276	2	gander
ganger	8	37	2146	2	ganger
gaoler	7	39	1357	2	gaoler
gaper	8	61	2512	2	ga_per
garner	7	39	1700	2	garner
garter	7	44	2051	2	garter
gasher	10	43	2037	2	gasher
gasper	9	45	1554	2	gasper
gasser	7	50	1777	2	gasser
gaster	7	50	2735	2	gaster
gater	6	45	3365	2	ga_ter
gather	10	41	1585	2	gather
gauffers	15	6	383	2	gauffers
gauger	8	47	1485	2	gauger
gawker	14	55	935	2	gawker
gawper	12	49	969	2	gawper
gayer	9	45	1919	2	ga_yer
gazer	15	57	2007	2	ga_zer
gofer	9	48	1428	2	g_ofer
goffers	14	40	921	2	goffers
golfer	10	44	1118	2	golfer
grafter	11	42	1115	2	grafter
gruffer	14	7	579	2	gruffer
haffet	15	3	1170	2	haffet
hafter	12	48	1588	2	hafter
kaffir	16	34	530	2	kaffir
naffed	13	40	833	2	naffed
niffer	12	37	844	2	niffer
offer	11	43	1138	2	_offer
piaffer	15	10	444	2	piaffer
puffer	14	46	1073	2	puffer
quaffer	22	3	513	2	quaffer
raffler	13	33	922	2	raffler
rafter	9	45	1758	2	rafter
safer	8	47	2181	2	sa_fer
staffer	13	29	909	2	staffer
suffer	12	43	1451	2	suffer
wafer	11	44	1764	2	wa_fer
waffed	16	45	979	2	waffed
waffler	16	37	778	2	waffler
wafter	12	41	1461	2	wafter
yaffed	16	45	732	2	yaffed
zaffar	21	38	504	2	zaffar
zaffers	22	38	677	2	zaffers
zaffir	21	39	551	2	zaffir
zaffre	21	35	466	2	zaffre

Search took 3 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	78	2.576	32046.2
3	Display Results	78	78	0.033	2363.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	78	2.719	65719.4