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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “slough” 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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40 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
slough	10	53	923	(None)
clough	12	53	913	1	clough
lough	9	51	1848	1	_lough
plough	12	57	756	1	plough
slouch	11	43	852	1	slouch
sloughs	11	49	756	1	sloughs
sloughy	14	53	580	1	sloughy
sough	9	53	2046	1	s_ough
bough	11	57	1931	2	_bough
chough	15	69	924	2	chough
cloughs	13	51	705	2	cloughs
cough	11	58	1964	2	_cough
dough	10	52	1738	2	_dough
enough	10	4	575	2	enough
laugh	9	44	1437	2	_laugh
loughs	10	50	1477	2	_loughs
ploughs	13	52	610	2	ploughs
rough	9	78	1943	2	_rough
saugh	9	53	1840	2	s_augh
scouth	11	50	1115	2	scouth
shaugh	13	28	743	2	shaugh
sheugh	13	29	588	2	sheugh
sleigh	10	25	820	2	sleigh
sleuth	9	3	723	2	sleuth
slog	5	67	2827	2	slo_g_
slogs	6	45	2184	2	slo_gs
slosh	8	45	1448	2	slo_sh
sloth	8	50	1945	2	slo_th
slouchy	15	45	484	2	slouchy
sloughed	13	30	558	2	sloughed
slug	5	51	2464	2	sl_ug_
slugs	6	46	1856	2	sl_ugs
slush	8	53	1657	2	sl_ush
soughs	10	51	1562	2	s_oughs
sought	10	63	1505	2	s_ought
south	8	52	2357	2	s_outh
sugh	8	64	2344	2	s__ugh
though	13	94	1077	2	though
tough	9	73	2198	2	_tough
trough	10	85	1202	2	trough

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	40	2.560	32246.5
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	2.936	60862.1