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

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

19 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
contours	10	3	965	(None)
concours	12	3	947	1	concours
contour	9	3	997	1	contour_
candours	11	40	864	2	candours
cantors	9	46	2075	2	canto_rs
centaurs	10	3	573	2	centaurs
colours	9	59	1344	2	co_lours
concourse	13	4	580	2	concourse
concurs	11	3	1147	2	con_curs
condors	10	40	1857	2	condo_rs
congous	10	36	1508	2	congou_s
contort	9	14	2234	2	conto_rt
contorts	10	11	1264	2	contorts
contos	8	49	2323	2	conto__s
contoured	12	3	730	2	contoured
ecotours	10	4	446	2	eco_tours
honours	10	33	937	2	hon_ours
recontours	12	4	346	2	recontours
santours	8	3	718	2	santours

Search took 6 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	121059	0.800	223363.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	4.890	24756.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	5.706	31316.3