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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tricolours” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

17 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
tricolours	12	13	396	(None)
tricolors	11	12	580	1	tricolo_rs
tricolour	11	11	407	1	tricolour_
bicolours	13	4	336	2	_bicolours
tricolor	10	11	583	2	tricolo_r_
bicolors	12	5	616	3	_bicolo_rs
bicolour	12	4	369	3	_bicolour_
colours	9	59	1344	3	___colours
decolours	12	7	441	3	_decolours
discolours	13	4	382	3	discolours
frivolous	15	5	316	3	frivolou_s
recolors	10	7	881	3	_recolo_rs
terricolous	13	5	241	3	terricolou_s
tricolored	13	7	363	3	tricolored
trifoliums	15	5	247	3	trifoliums
trigonous	10	4	530	3	trigonou_s
trimotors	11	4	514	3	trimoto_rs

Search took 8 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	140603	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.750	20830.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.190	24852.7