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

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

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42 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
colours	9	59	1344	(None)
clours	8	52	1509	1	c_lours
colors	8	66	2237	1	colo_rs
colour	8	59	1509	1	colour_
dolours	8	43	882	1	dolours
bicolours	13	4	336	2	bicolours
clouds	9	46	1235	2	c_louds
clour	7	66	1728	2	c_lour_
clouts	8	70	1720	2	c_louts
coleus	8	68	1827	2	coleu_s
collars	9	38	1657	2	collars
colobus	11	38	937	2	colobus
cologs	9	65	1735	2	colo_gs
colones	9	61	2443	2	colones
colons	8	60	2868	2	colo_ns
colonus	9	44	1344	2	colonus
color	7	61	2374	2	colo_r_
colorers	10	3	1218	2	colorers
coloured	11	4	831	2	coloured
colourer	10	3	756	2	colourer
colourers	11	3	647	2	colourers
colters	9	35	2244	2	colters
colure	8	3	1416	2	col_ure
colures	9	3	1514	2	col_ures
comous	10	8	1651	2	comou_s
concours	12	3	947	2	concours
concurs	11	3	1147	2	concurs
contours	10	3	965	2	contours
cooers	8	43	2456	2	co_oers
coolers	9	35	2249	2	coolers
copouts	11	3	1108	2	copouts
couloirs	10	4	599	2	couloirs
decolours	12	7	441	2	decolours
dolors	7	51	1531	2	dolo_rs
dolour	7	57	1013	2	dolour_
ecotours	10	4	446	2	ecotours
flours	9	44	1405	2	_flours
honours	10	33	938	2	honours
lours	5	51	2529	2	__lours
odours	7	41	825	2	_odours
valours	10	24	874	2	valours
velours	10	27	808	2	velours

Search took 4 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	42	2.983	36094.9
3	Display Results	42	42	0.016	2625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	42	3.359	53197.7