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

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

14 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
toughest	12	3	830	(None)
roughest	12	3	877	1	roughest
couthest	13	3	1208	2	couthest
doughiest	14	3	578	2	doughiest
touches	12	51	1834	2	touches_
touchiest	14	3	708	2	touchiest
toughed	12	35	1169	2	toughe_d
toughen	11	32	920	2	toughe_n
toughens	12	28	672	2	toughens
tougher	11	42	1098	2	toughe_r
toughies	12	7	824	2	toughies_
toughish	15	4	528	2	toughish
toughness	13	5	509	2	toughness
toughs	10	54	1498	2	tough_s_

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.796	47073.5