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

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

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56 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
paramour	12	4	608	(None)
paramours	13	4	566	1	paramours
armour	8	44	1185	2	_ar_mour
parador	10	33	1141	2	parado_r
paramo	10	26	1465	2	paramo__
paramos	11	32	1351	2	paramo_s
paramount	13	4	719	2	paramount
parlour	9	3	726	2	par_lour
agamous	10	3	794	3	_agamous
amour	7	50	1485	3	___amour
arbour	8	42	1133	3	_ar_bour
ardour	7	41	1090	3	_ar_dour
armor	7	51	1806	3	_ar_mo_r
armours	9	38	985	3	_ar_mours
armoury	12	37	623	3	_ar_moury
biramous	12	6	607	3	biramous
clamour	11	9	633	3	_clamour
enamour	9	4	543	3	_enamour
glamour	10	6	514	3	_glamour
harbour	12	4	705	3	har_bour
marabou	11	4	749	3	marabou_
marabous	12	4	906	3	marabous
marabout	12	4	911	3	marabout
pandour	10	40	821	3	pa_ndour
parabola	12	4	666	3	parabola
parachor	15	4	666	3	parachor
parader	10	39	1486	3	para_der
paradors	11	34	1190	3	paradors
parados	10	38	1605	3	parado_s
paradox	17	35	817	3	parado_x
parafoil	13	4	597	3	parafoil
paraform	15	4	694	3	paraform
paragoge	12	5	715	3	paragoge
paragon	10	3	1102	3	parago_n
paragons	11	3	1151	3	paragons
parament	12	4	1540	3	parament
parameter	13	4	912	3	parameter
paramorph	18	4	433	3	paramorph
paramounts	14	4	390	3	paramounts
paramylum	18	5	223	3	paramylum
paranoea	10	4	858	3	paranoea
paranoia	10	4	1057	3	paranoia
paranoic	12	4	983	3	paranoic
paranoid	11	3	1114	3	paranoid
parasol	9	3	955	3	paraso_l
parasols	10	3	927	3	parasols
parazoan	19	4	655	3	parazoan
parlor	8	3	1268	3	par_lo_r
parlours	10	3	615	3	par_lours
parlous	9	4	1429	3	par_lous
parous	8	40	2416	3	par__ous
patamar	11	4	709	3	patam_ar
paviour	12	4	462	3	pa_viour
ramous	8	4	1711	3	__ramous
rumour	8	12	738	3	__rumour
vavasour	14	14	208	3	vavasour

Search took 9 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	146162	0.466	383457.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	56	7.956	18371.3
3	Display Results	56	56	0.030	1866.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	56	8.452	21141.9