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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “muttonfishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

18 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
muttonfishes	20	6	119	(None)
muttonfish	18	5	150	2	muttonfish__
butterfishes	20	5	208	3	butterfishes
buttonbushes	19	6	126	3	buttonbushes
cuttlefishes	20	5	137	3	cuttlefishes
moonfishes	18	4	419	3	m__oonfishes
astonishes	13	4	453	4	_aston_ishes
guitarfishes	19	6	123	4	guitarfishes
lionfishes	16	4	354	4	__lionfishes
monishes	13	3	1148	4	m___on_ishes
monkfishes	22	4	374	4	m___onkfishes
mudfishes	18	4	419	4	mu___dfishes
outfishes	15	11	802	4	ou_t__fishes
ribbonfishes	22	6	80	4	ribbonfishes
stonefishes	17	5	371	4	__stonefishes
stonishes	12	4	736	4	__ston_ishes
sunfishes	15	4	703	4	su___nfishes
surgeonfishes	20	6	72	4	surgeonfishes

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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	18	6.780	18405.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.189	24856.2