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

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

23 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
raffia	12	28	770	(None)
maffia	14	32	720	1	maffia
raffias	13	23	771	1	raffias
taffia	12	28	690	1	taffia
affix	18	3	600	2	_affix
haffit	15	3	853	2	haffit
kaffir	16	34	530	2	kaffir
maffias	15	32	728	2	maffias
mafia	10	44	1803	2	ma_fia
raff	10	49	3304	2	raff__
raffish	16	5	884	2	raffish
raffle	12	39	1070	2	raffle
raffs	11	50	1752	2	raff_s
raia	4	66	3838	2	ra__ia
raphia	11	35	1126	2	raphia
ratafia	10	4	577	2	ratafia
reaffix	20	4	232	2	reaffix
ruffian	13	4	413	2	ruffian
taffias	13	37	741	2	taffias
tafia	8	42	1549	2	ta_fia
traffic	15	4	473	2	traffic
waffie	15	33	856	2	waffie
zaffir	21	39	551	2	zaffir

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	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.783	29662.6
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.152	56691.3