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

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

23 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
ploughs	13	52	610	(None)
cloughs	13	51	705	1	cloughs
loughs	10	50	1477	1	_loughs
plough	12	57	756	1	plough_
sloughs	11	49	756	1	sloughs
boughs	12	54	1437	2	_boughs
choughs	16	57	663	2	choughs
clough	12	53	913	2	clough_
coughs	12	55	1454	2	_coughs
doughs	11	59	1293	2	_doughs
enoughs	11	4	463	2	enoughs
laughs	10	48	902	2	_laughs
lough	9	51	1848	2	_lough_
ploughed	15	20	430	2	ploughed
plougher	14	21	446	2	plougher
ploughers	15	19	392	2	ploughers
plugs	8	52	1349	2	pl_ug_s
roughs	10	54	1622	2	_roughs
slough	10	53	923	2	slough_
sloughy	14	53	580	2	sloughy
soughs	10	51	1562	2	_soughs
toughs	10	54	1499	2	_toughs
troughs	11	69	869	2	troughs

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.236	55219.7