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

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

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84 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
selfing	11	29	1162	(None)
selling	8	32	2583	1	selling
beefing	13	39	1147	2	beefing
belling	10	38	2507	2	belling
belting	10	41	1913	2	belting
belying	13	36	1244	2	belying
celling	10	39	2126	2	celling
deleing	9	33	1395	2	deleing
delving	12	37	1157	2	delving
elfin	8	43	1246	2	_elfin_
elfins	9	48	1094	2	_elfins
felling	11	33	2113	2	felling
felting	11	35	1521	2	felting
gelding	10	39	1179	2	gelding
gelling	9	32	1976	2	gelling
golfing	12	36	894	2	golfing
gulfing	12	33	947	2	gulfing
helling	11	46	2322	2	helling
helming	13	37	1200	2	helming
helping	13	35	1222	2	helping
helving	14	40	1113	2	helving
jelling	15	35	1661	2	jelling
kelping	14	31	919	2	kelping
kerfing	15	30	753	2	kerfing
leafing	11	33	1358	2	leafing
melding	11	34	1427	2	melding
melling	10	28	2262	2	melling
melting	10	33	1775	2	melting
pelting	10	29	1727	2	pelting
reefing	11	40	1686	2	reefing
reffing	14	37	1217	2	reffing
relying	11	29	1461	2	relying
rolfing	11	37	1065	2	rolfing
salting	8	41	2079	2	salting
salving	11	39	1315	2	salving
sealing	8	35	2856	2	sealing
seaming	10	32	2211	2	seaming
searing	8	33	3092	2	searing
seating	8	41	3068	2	seating
seeding	9	37	1948	2	seeding
seeing	7	42	2214	2	se_eing
seeking	12	40	1606	2	seeking
seeling	8	35	2200	2	seeling
seeming	10	32	1626	2	seeming
seeping	10	38	1791	2	seeping
seining	8	40	2077	2	seining
seising	8	40	1886	2	seising
seizing	17	41	1483	2	seizing
selfish	13	8	851	2	selfish
sending	9	42	2137	2	sending
sensing	8	41	1695	2	sensing
serging	9	34	1667	2	serging
sering	7	47	3181	2	se_ring
serving	11	30	1498	2	serving
setting	8	36	2139	2	setting
sewing	10	38	1962	2	se_wing
sexing	14	43	1389	2	se_xing
sheafing	15	32	948	2	sheafing
shelling	12	35	1521	2	shelling
shelving	15	27	817	2	shelving
silking	12	37	1559	2	silking
siloing	8	32	1550	2	siloing
silting	8	33	2048	2	silting
skelping	15	3	597	2	skelping
slewing	11	33	1135	2	slewing
sling	6	60	2880	2	s_l_ing
sluing	7	43	1588	2	s_luing
smelling	11	37	1272	2	smelling
smelting	11	33	971	2	smelting
snelling	9	39	1356	2	snelling
soling	7	42	2682	2	sol_ing
soloing	8	28	1380	2	soloing
solving	11	29	1085	2	solving
spelling	11	33	1523	2	spelling
sulking	12	45	1431	2	sulking
surfing	11	29	1448	2	surfing
swelling	12	32	1275	2	swelling
telling	8	33	2108	2	telling
welding	12	32	1325	2	welding
welling	11	29	2031	2	welling
welting	11	36	1531	2	welting
wolfing	14	27	789	2	wolfing
yelling	11	35	1670	2	yelling
yelping	13	31	787	2	yelping

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	84	3.140	34290.1
3	Display Results	84	84	0.033	2545.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	84	3.546	50392.3