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

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

13 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
overfish	17	3	789	(None)
oarfish	13	15	861	2	o_arfish
overfast	14	24	966	2	overfast
overfill	14	3	631	2	overfill
overfished	20	4	567	2	overfished
overfishes	19	4	701	2	overfishes
overfit	13	26	1096	2	overfi_t
overhigh	18	4	636	2	overhigh
overlush	14	4	527	2	overlush
overrash	14	3	695	2	overrash
overrich	16	4	845	2	overrich
overwise	14	18	1025	2	overwise
serfish	13	4	897	2	_serfish

Search took 6 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	5.156	23479.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.296	33740.7