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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “piteous” 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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21 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
piteous	9	3	1068	(None)
piceous	11	3	1069	1	piceous
pileous	9	5	1052	1	pileous
citreous	10	5	685	2	citreous
citrous	9	31	1299	2	citrous
duteous	8	3	845	2	duteous
epigeous	11	4	653	2	epigeous
hideous	11	6	843	2	hideous
luteous	7	3	927	2	luteous
nitrous	7	35	1248	2	nitrous
niveous	10	3	719	2	niveous
petrous	9	27	1442	2	petrous
pigeons	10	3	918	2	pigeons
pileus	8	45	1494	2	pile_us
pilous	8	47	1775	2	pi_lous
pious	7	46	2127	2	pi__ous
pistous	9	27	1438	2	pistous
piteously	14	4	631	2	piteously
pitons	8	53	1904	2	pit_ons
timeous	9	3	840	2	timeous
vitreous	11	4	584	2	vitreous

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	21	2.936	36672.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.296	54214.5