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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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25 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
poorish	12	37	1230	(None)
boorish	12	37	1259	1	boorish
moorish	12	33	1178	1	moorish
pooris	8	39	1684	1	pooris_
boarish	12	39	1191	2	boarish
boobish	14	33	894	2	boobish
bookish	16	36	1002	2	bookish
coolish	12	3	1252	2	coolish
foolish	13	3	961	2	foolish
goodish	12	3	796	2	goodish
moonish	12	33	1104	2	moonish
noirish	10	3	788	2	noirish
nourish	10	3	970	2	nourish
ogrish	10	3	926	2	_ogrish
parish	11	50	2236	2	p_arish
perish	11	46	1906	2	p_erish
polish	11	49	1672	2	p_olish
poorest	9	3	1277	2	poorest
poori	7	48	1623	2	poori__
poortith	13	5	536	2	poortith
popish	13	38	1211	2	p_opish
porism	10	45	1806	2	p_orism
sourish	10	3	1069	2	sourish
spookish	17	4	464	2	spookish
whorish	16	3	660	2	whorish

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	0.686	260482.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.046	35348.3
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.748	47676.4