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

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

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64 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
gaffers	14	42	871	(None)
gaffer	13	43	1013	1	gaffer_
gaffes	13	48	1110	1	gaffe_s
gauffers	15	6	383	1	gauffers
goffers	14	40	921	1	goffers
zaffers	22	38	677	1	zaffers
afters	9	47	1707	2	_afters
bafflers	16	35	659	2	bafflers
buffers	15	33	1079	2	buffers
chaffers	19	37	800	2	chaffers
coffers	15	41	1269	2	coffers
differs	14	33	997	2	differs
doffers	14	35	985	2	doffers
duffers	14	34	1009	2	duffers
gabbers	12	46	1283	2	gabbers
gadders	10	36	1150	2	gadders
gaffe	12	41	1165	2	gaffe__
gaffed	14	42	1020	2	gaffe_d
gaffs	12	49	1465	2	gaff__s
gagers	8	40	2133	2	ga_gers
gaggers	10	34	1366	2	gaggers
gainers	8	42	1459	2	gainers
gaiters	8	35	1654	2	gaiters
gamers	9	44	2083	2	ga_mers
gammers	12	32	1456	2	gammers
ganders	9	35	2170	2	ganders
gangers	9	44	1860	2	gangers
gaolers	8	35	1156	2	gaolers
gapers	9	45	2047	2	ga_pers
garners	8	38	1598	2	garners
garters	8	42	1823	2	garters
gaspers	10	50	1413	2	gaspers
gassers	8	47	1463	2	gassers
gasters	8	56	2429	2	gasters
gaters	7	47	2864	2	ga_ters
gathers	11	43	1507	2	gathers
gauffer	14	7	442	2	gauffer_
gaugers	9	42	1171	2	gaugers
gawkers	15	34	745	2	gawkers
gawpers	13	44	831	2	gawpers
gazers	16	45	1630	2	ga_zers
gofers	10	47	1151	2	g_ofers
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer_
golfers	11	44	1008	2	golfers
grafters	12	40	919	2	grafters
haffets	16	3	605	2	haffets
hafters	13	46	1433	2	hafters
kaffirs	17	32	555	2	kaffirs
niffers	13	28	736	2	niffers
offers	12	34	996	2	_offers
piaffers	16	11	420	2	piaffers
puffers	15	34	920	2	puffers
quaffers	23	3	396	2	quaffers
rafflers	14	31	736	2	rafflers
rafters	10	37	1563	2	rafters
staffers	14	24	708	2	staffers
suffers	13	31	1354	2	suffers
wafers	12	43	1614	2	wa_fers
wafflers	17	30	632	2	wafflers
wafters	13	41	1281	2	wafters
zaffars	22	32	523	2	zaffars
zaffer	21	39	715	2	zaffer_
zaffirs	22	37	566	2	zaffirs
zaffres	22	32	499	2	zaffres

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	64	3.093	34811.2
3	Display Results	64	64	0.033	1939.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	3.266	54712.5