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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scourger” 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
scourger	11	3	472	(None)
scourer	9	39	1043	1	scour_er
scourge	10	3	565	1	scourge_
scourged	12	3	457	1	scourged
scourgers	12	3	438	1	scourgers
scourges	11	3	653	1	scourges
courier	9	36	1789	2	_courier
courser	9	41	1480	2	_courser
courter	9	45	1648	2	_courter
scorer	8	48	1826	2	sco_r_er
scorner	9	25	976	2	sco_rner
scoured	10	38	1115	2	scour_ed
scourers	10	34	853	2	scour_ers
scouter	9	33	1332	2	scou_ter
scouther	13	5	694	2	scouther
scrounger	12	4	344	2	scrounger
sourer	6	36	2021	2	s_our_er
splurger	11	4	381	2	splurger
surger	7	43	2009	2	s__urger

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.390	35710.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.766	47448.5