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

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

20 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
august	7	3	920	(None)
adjust	14	4	718	2	adjust
adust	6	41	1745	2	a_dust
agist	6	63	2558	2	a_gist
angst	6	4	1550	2	ang_st
argus	6	67	1654	2	argus_
aught	9	51	2070	2	aug_ht
aughts	10	47	1024	2	aughts
augur	6	43	1121	2	augu_r
augurs	7	39	996	2	augurs
augury	10	36	666	2	augury
auguster	9	4	395	2	auguster
augustly	12	4	215	2	augustly
aurist	6	50	2725	2	aurist
autist	6	43	2494	2	autist
degust	8	3	1025	2	degust
fuguist	11	3	607	2	fuguist
fugus	9	59	1401	2	fugus_
gust	5	52	4070	2	__gust
hugest	10	3	1176	2	hugest

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.266	36430.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.609	68490.2