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

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

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63 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
gourds	8	10	825	(None)
gourd	7	10	1190	1	gourd_
gourde	8	10	793	1	gourde
gourdes	9	10	938	1	gourdes
boards	9	46	1693	2	boards
bounds	9	44	1580	2	bounds
bourgs	9	45	999	2	bourgs
bourns	8	41	1406	2	bourns
burds	8	46	2606	2	_burds
cords	8	60	3062	2	co_rds
courts	8	42	1617	2	courts
curds	8	57	2561	2	_curds
douras	7	50	1672	2	douras
fords	9	53	2818	2	fo_rds
founds	10	48	1419	2	founds
fours	8	55	2149	2	four_s
gauds	7	57	1772	2	gau_ds
gaurs	6	63	1799	2	gaur_s
girds	7	48	1699	2	g_irds
goads	7	70	2285	2	go_ads
gods	6	54	3804	2	go__ds
goers	6	55	2025	2	goer_s
golds	7	54	2131	2	go_lds
gonads	8	45	1173	2	gonads
goods	7	51	2448	2	go_ods
gores	6	57	4037	2	go_res
gorms	8	56	1959	2	go_rms
gorps	8	53	1699	2	go_rps
gouges	8	63	1869	2	gouges
gouts	6	48	2617	2	gou_ts
gowds	10	58	1404	2	go_wds
grounds	9	22	831	2	grounds
guards	8	46	1157	2	guards
guids	7	55	1615	2	g_uids
gurus	6	43	1819	2	g_urus
hoards	10	49	1262	2	hoards
hounds	10	44	1313	2	hounds
houris	9	45	1458	2	houris
hours	8	54	2239	2	hour_s
hurds	9	52	1907	2	_hurds
kouros	10	3	918	2	kouros
lords	6	49	2350	2	lo_rds
lours	5	51	2529	2	lour_s
moulds	9	49	1099	2	moulds
mounds	9	39	1513	2	mounds
mourns	8	41	1101	2	mourns
nurds	6	55	1852	2	_nurds
ouds	5	64	3010	2	_ou_ds
ours	4	72	3756	2	_our_s
pounds	9	37	1438	2	pounds
pours	7	46	2318	2	pour_s
rounds	7	36	1562	2	rounds
sords	6	45	2780	2	so_rds
sounds	7	46	1618	2	sounds
sours	5	52	3050	2	sour_s
surds	6	56	2466	2	_surds
tours	5	53	2589	2	tour_s
turds	6	50	2169	2	_turds
urds	5	59	2243	2	__urds
words	9	54	2507	2	wo_rds
wounds	10	38	1163	2	wounds
yours	8	52	1788	2	your_s
zounds	16	43	1017	2	zounds

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	63	2.233	36968.7
3	Display Results	63	63	0.016	3937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	63	2.609	68490.2