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

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

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45 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
rougher	11	35	1103	(None)
cougher	13	37	1173	1	cougher
roughed	12	42	1094	1	roughed
roughen	11	33	883	1	roughen
roughers	12	32	917	1	roughers
tougher	11	42	1098	1	tougher
boughed	14	38	1026	2	boughed
coucher	14	45	1585	2	coucher
coughed	14	33	1090	2	coughed
coughers	14	39	995	2	coughers
couther	12	39	1462	2	couther
doughier	13	3	548	2	doughier
gouger	8	60	1436	2	goug_er
laugher	11	3	660	2	laugher
mouther	12	38	1281	2	mouther
plougher	14	21	446	2	plougher
roger	6	45	2141	2	ro_g_er
rouche	11	47	1431	2	rouche_
rouches	12	42	1789	2	rouches
rouge	6	54	2344	2	roug_e_
rouged	8	67	1732	2	roug_ed
rouges	7	60	2238	2	roug_es
rough	9	78	1943	2	rough__
roughdry	16	9	253	2	roughdry
roughens	12	28	689	2	roughens
roughest	12	3	877	2	roughest
roughhew	18	4	287	2	roughhew
roughies	12	9	832	2	roughies
roughleg	13	4	340	2	roughleg
roughly	14	50	729	2	roughly
roughs	10	54	1621	2	rough_s
roughy	13	70	1085	2	rough_y
rounder	8	35	1459	2	rounder
roupier	9	31	949	2	roupier
rouser	6	52	2408	2	rou_ser
rouster	7	35	1708	2	rouster
router	6	50	2584	2	rou_ter
rugger	8	44	1451	2	r_ugger
rusher	9	40	1965	2	r_usher
soughed	12	38	1162	2	soughed
souther	10	41	1630	2	souther
toucher	12	48	1435	2	toucher
toughed	12	35	1169	2	toughed
toughen	11	32	920	2	toughen
voucher	15	41	1026	2	voucher

Search took 5 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	45	4.126	26095.7
3	Display Results	45	45	0.016	2812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	4.282	41730.7