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

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

19 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
toughies	12	7	824	(None)
roughies	12	9	832	1	roughies
toughie	11	8	759	1	toughie_
bougies	10	37	1518	2	boug_ies
doughier	13	3	548	2	doughier
doughiest	14	3	578	2	doughiest
touches	12	51	1834	2	touch_es
touchier	13	4	738	2	touchier
touchiest	14	3	708	2	touchiest
toughed	12	35	1169	2	tough_ed
toughen	11	32	920	2	tough_en
toughens	12	28	672	2	toughens
tougher	11	42	1098	2	tough_er
toughest	12	3	830	2	tough_est
toughing	13	27	855	2	toughing
toughish	15	4	528	2	toughish
toughness	13	5	509	2	toughness
toughs	10	54	1498	2	tough__s
tushies	10	3	1216	2	t_ushies

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.563	33976.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.969	45021.7