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

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

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.

12 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
spiffinesses	20	4	301	(None)
sniffinesses	18	4	369	1	sniffinesses
iffinesses	16	3	558	2	__iffinesses
miffinesses	19	4	436	2	_miffinesses
puffinesses	19	3	451	2	_puffinesses
shiftinesses	18	10	524	2	shiftinesses
spicinesses	15	4	710	2	spi_cinesses
spiffiness	18	4	298	2	spiffine_s_s
spikinesses	17	4	652	2	spi_kinesses
spininesses	13	5	845	2	spi_ninesses
stiffnesses	17	4	359	2	stiff_nesses
stuffinesses	18	4	329	2	stuffinesses

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	62717	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	62717	12	2.860	21929.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.190	56016.0