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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scrouged” 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
scrouged	12	3	539	(None)
scrouge	10	3	635	1	scrouge_
scrouges	11	3	668	1	scrouges
scrounged	13	4	315	1	scrounged
berouged	12	3	534	2	berouged
rouged	8	67	1732	2	__rouged
scoured	10	38	1115	2	sc_oured
scourged	12	3	457	2	sc_ourged
scouted	10	41	1203	2	sc_outed
scragged	13	3	582	2	scragged
scrolled	11	3	706	2	scrolled
scrooge	10	3	718	2	scrooge_
scrooges	11	3	716	2	scrooges
scrooped	13	5	641	2	scrooped
scrounge	11	4	391	2	scrounge_
scrounger	12	4	344	2	scrounger
scrounges	12	4	392	2	scrounges
shrouded	13	3	360	2	shrouded
sprouted	11	3	639	2	sprouted

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.780	32026.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.186	42687.8