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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “arbour” 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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21 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
arbour	8	42	1133	(None)
arbor	7	48	1811	1	arbo_r
arbours	9	39	1004	1	arbours
ardour	7	41	1090	1	ardour
armour	8	44	1185	1	armour
harbour	12	4	705	1	harbour
about	7	52	2908	2	a_bout
amour	7	50	1485	2	a_mour
arbors	8	47	1788	2	arbors
arboured	11	5	625	2	arboured
ardor	6	46	1786	2	ardo_r
ardours	8	36	888	2	ardours
armor	7	51	1805	2	armo_r
armours	9	38	985	2	armours
armoury	12	37	623	2	armoury
harbor	11	4	1072	2	harbo_r
harbours	13	4	692	2	harbours
labour	8	42	1093	2	labour
parlour	9	3	726	2	parlour
tabour	8	40	1132	2	tabour
tambour	11	3	635	2	tambour

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.470	33421.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.813	63523.3