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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “discourager” 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.

18 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
discourager	15	5	308	(None)
discourage	14	5	462	1	discourage_
discouraged	16	5	369	1	discouraged
discouragers	16	5	232	1	discouragers
discourages	15	5	438	1	discourages
discourser	13	4	476	2	discour_ser
discharger	17	6	389	3	dischar_ger
discographer	21	5	416	3	discographer
discounter	13	4	702	3	discou_nter
discouraging	17	5	312	3	discouraging
discourse	12	4	686	3	discour_se_
discoursed	14	4	579	3	discour_sed
discoursers	14	4	359	3	discour_sers
discourses	13	4	650	3	discour_ses
disparager	14	4	439	3	dis_parager
encourager	13	5	277	3	_encourager
scourger	11	3	472	3	__scour_ger
undiscouraged	18	6	116	3	undiscouraged

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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	4.500	27029.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.906	36423.0