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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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105 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
argus	6	67	1654	(None)
arcus	7	69	1886	1	arcus
argue	6	48	1844	1	argue
argues	7	45	1641	1	argues
aegis	6	3	1678	2	aegis
agas	5	59	3884	2	a_gas
ages	5	58	4459	2	a_ges
ags	4	75	5166	2	a_g_s
ague	5	57	2592	2	a_gue
agues	6	49	1905	2	a_gues
airbus	8	4	834	2	airbus
algas	6	56	2493	2	algas
algum	8	27	1176	2	algum
algums	9	20	804	2	algums
amus	6	55	2961	2	a_mus
angas	6	58	2798	2	angas
ankus	9	14	1068	2	ankus
anus	4	71	3111	2	a_nus
araks	9	48	2088	2	araks
arbs	6	68	3473	2	ar_bs
arcs	6	78	3478	2	ar_cs
areas	5	59	3577	2	areas
ares	4	58	7102	2	ar_es
arfs	7	60	2996	2	ar_fs
argal	6	50	2339	2	argal
argals	7	55	1771	2	argals
argil	6	51	1688	2	argil
argils	7	52	1362	2	argils
argle	6	54	2156	2	argle
argles	7	52	1848	2	argles
argol	6	53	1726	2	argol
argols	7	45	1461	2	argols
argon	6	55	2059	2	argon
argons	7	50	1820	2	argons
argosy	10	3	642	2	argosy
argot	6	77	2865	2	argot
argots	7	41	1603	2	argots
argued	8	43	1117	2	argued
arguer	7	45	1054	2	arguer
arguers	8	48	903	2	arguers
argufy	13	4	409	2	argufy
arguses	8	47	1174	2	arguses
arias	5	54	3802	2	arias
arils	5	87	3220	2	arils
arks	8	59	3687	2	ar_ks
arles	5	67	3574	2	arles
arms	6	61	3749	2	ar_ms
arouse	6	50	1998	2	arouse
arras	5	56	2613	2	arras
arris	5	68	2468	2	arris
ars	3	76	7093	2	ar__s
arses	5	57	3387	2	arses
arsis	5	57	2242	2	arsis
arts	4	96	5026	2	ar_ts
arum	6	61	2903	2	ar_um
arums	7	55	1783	2	arums
arvos	8	60	1566	2	arvos
aryls	8	70	1581	2	aryls
ascus	7	50	1358	2	ascus
augur	6	43	1121	2	augur
augurs	7	39	996	2	augurs
august	7	3	920	2	august
aureus	6	53	1488	2	aureus
aurous	6	41	1926	2	aurous
avgas	9	69	1213	2	avgas
barges	9	45	2825	2	barges
bogus	8	56	1647	2	bogus
cargos	9	46	1918	2	cargos
carpus	10	55	1430	2	carpus
crus	6	58	2848	2	cr_us
drugs	7	52	1465	2	drugs
ergs	5	55	2381	2	erg_s
frugs	9	61	1428	2	frugs
fugus	9	59	1401	2	fugus
kagus	10	58	1203	2	kagus
larges	7	48	2423	2	larges
largos	7	48	1506	2	largos
magus	8	53	1875	2	magus
marges	9	45	2571	2	marges
negus	6	45	1356	2	negus
pareus	8	54	2074	2	pareus
parges	9	45	2954	2	parges
pargos	9	57	1904	2	pargos
parous	8	40	2416	2	parous
praus	7	46	2175	2	praus
ragas	6	53	2606	2	ragas
rages	6	45	3944	2	rages
raggs	7	52	1647	2	raggs
ragis	6	63	2560	2	ragis
rags	5	54	4837	2	rag_s
rakus	9	44	1367	2	rakus
ramus	7	64	1828	2	ramus
rhus	7	51	1405	2	_rhus
rugs	5	60	3368	2	_rugs
sarges	7	51	2859	2	sarges
sargos	7	43	1827	2	sargos
targes	7	45	2459	2	targes
tarsus	6	3	1051	2	tarsus
tragus	7	4	923	2	tragus
trugs	6	55	1680	2	trugs
urges	6	46	1991	2	urges
urus	4	64	2614	2	ur_us
vagus	9	67	1381	2	vagus
valgus	10	4	710	2	valgus
varus	8	59	2118	2	var_us

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	53800	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	105	1.640	32804.9
3	Display Results	105	105	0.030	3500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	105	1.983	90111.4