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

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

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39 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
though	13	94	1076	(None)
chough	15	69	924	1	chough
thought	14	63	913	1	thought
through	14	164	751	1	through
tough	9	73	2198	1	t_ough
trough	10	85	1202	1	trough
although	15	4	259	2	although
bough	11	57	1931	2	_bough
choughs	16	57	662	2	choughs
choush	14	54	906	2	choush
clough	12	53	913	2	clough
cough	11	58	1964	2	_cough
dough	10	52	1738	2	_dough
enough	10	4	575	2	enough
haugh	12	51	1405	2	_haugh
heugh	12	54	1092	2	_heugh
lough	9	51	1848	2	_lough
plough	12	57	756	2	plough
rough	9	78	1943	2	_rough
shaugh	13	28	743	2	shaugh
sheugh	13	29	588	2	sheugh
slough	10	53	923	2	slough
sough	9	53	2046	2	_sough
teugh	9	55	1161	2	t_eugh
thigh	12	4	1011	2	th_igh
thong	9	50	1417	2	thong_
thongs	10	46	1118	2	thongs
thorough	15	68	412	2	thorough
thou	7	67	2221	2	thou__
thoued	10	42	900	2	thoued
thoughts	15	51	560	2	thoughts
thous	8	60	1725	2	thou_s
thrush	12	25	748	2	thrush
thug	8	64	1548	2	th_ug_
thugs	9	56	1199	2	th_ugs
touch	10	65	1939	2	t_ouch
toughs	10	54	1498	2	t_oughs
toughy	13	59	1107	2	t_oughy
troughs	11	69	867	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	82551	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	39	2.873	28733.4
3	Display Results	39	39	0.016	2437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	39	3.015	59267.3