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

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

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.

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
scourge	10	3	565	(None)
scourged	12	3	457	1	scourged
scourger	11	3	472	1	scourger
scourges	11	3	653	1	scourges
courage	10	3	1099	2	_courage
course	8	51	1778	2	_course
score	7	55	2674	2	sco_r_e
scour	7	53	1553	2	scour__
scoured	10	38	1115	2	scoured
scourer	9	39	1043	2	scourer
scourgers	12	3	438	2	scourgers
scours	8	49	1359	2	scour_s
scouse	8	41	1363	2	scou_se
scrouge	10	3	635	2	scrou_ge
scrounge	11	4	391	2	scrounge
source	8	4	1067	2	s_ource
splurge	10	4	476	2	splurge
spurge	9	37	1132	2	s_purge
stoure	6	48	1494	2	stour_e
stourie	7	46	935	2	stourie
surge	6	50	2769	2	s__urge

Search took 9 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	0.733	243780.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	8.030	13408.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.779	20354.4