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

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

13 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
sulphurous	15	5	225	(None)
sulphureous	16	5	134	1	sulphureous
sulfurous	12	4	425	2	sul_furous
sulphurs	13	8	365	2	sulphur__s
fulgurous	13	4	273	3	ful_gurous
sulphur	12	12	387	3	sulphur___
sulphured	15	4	292	3	sulphur_ed
sulphuring	16	4	277	3	sulphuring
sulphurise	15	5	227	3	sulphurise
sulphurises	16	5	203	3	sulphurises
sulphury	16	12	275	3	sulphur__y
sumptuous	13	4	307	3	sumptu_ous
vulturous	12	4	359	3	vul_turous

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.110	23011.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.516	27423.4