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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “citrous” 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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23 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
citrous	9	31	1299	(None)
cirrous	9	31	1106	1	cirrous
citreous	10	5	685	1	citreous
citrons	9	29	1322	1	citrons
citrus	8	36	1092	1	citr_us
nitrous	7	35	1248	1	nitrous
cerous	8	58	2120	2	c_erous
circus	10	43	1059	2	ci_rcus
cirrus	8	34	917	2	ci_rrus
cistrons	10	27	1062	2	cistrons
citrals	9	11	1167	2	citrals
citrins	9	26	1436	2	citrins
citron	8	31	1298	2	citro_n
citrusy	12	28	418	2	citr_usy
cribrous	12	4	601	2	cribrous
cuprous	11	4	974	2	cuprous
estrous	7	7	1253	2	estrous
fibrous	12	3	759	2	fibrous
goitrous	9	4	576	2	goitrous
nitros	6	42	1412	2	nitro_s
petrous	9	27	1442	2	petrous
piteous	9	3	1068	2	piteous
vitreous	11	4	584	2	vitreous

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.889	45947.8