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

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

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91 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
scours	8	49	1358	(None)
scaurs	8	55	1204	1	scaurs
scour	7	53	1553	1	scour_
scouts	8	48	1794	1	scouts
sours	5	52	3050	1	s_ours
stours	6	50	1562	1	stours
amours	8	35	1264	2	amours
bescours	12	4	509	2	bescours
clours	8	52	1508	2	clours
coirs	7	52	2105	2	_coirs
cors	6	66	5644	2	_co_rs
coups	9	55	2247	2	_coups
course	8	51	1777	2	_course
court	7	55	3276	2	_court
courts	8	42	1616	2	_courts
curs	6	56	4554	2	_c_urs
flours	9	44	1405	2	flours
fours	8	55	2149	2	_fours
hours	8	54	2238	2	_hours
lours	5	51	2529	2	_lours
occurs	10	13	655	2	occurs
odours	7	41	823	2	odours
ours	4	72	3756	2	__ours
pours	7	46	2318	2	_pours
sapours	9	36	1061	2	sapours
savours	10	38	933	2	savours
scars	7	54	3353	2	sc_ars
scaups	10	54	1193	2	scaups
scaur	7	58	1490	2	scaur_
schuls	11	29	985	2	schuls
schuss	11	18	673	2	schuss
scoffs	14	34	750	2	scoffs
scolds	9	50	1123	2	scolds
scones	8	45	2130	2	scones
scoops	10	54	1436	2	scoops
scoots	8	53	1593	2	scoots
scopes	10	47	1959	2	scopes
scops	9	58	2019	2	sco_ps
score	7	55	2673	2	sco_re
scorers	9	41	1531	2	scorers
scores	8	47	2592	2	scores
scorn	7	58	1744	2	sco_rn
scorns	8	57	1301	2	scorns
scoters	9	33	1379	2	scoters
scots	7	40	2590	2	sco_ts
scoured	10	38	1115	2	scoured
scourer	9	39	1043	2	scourer
scourers	10	34	853	2	scourers
scourge	10	3	565	2	scourge
scourges	11	3	653	2	scourges
scouse	8	41	1363	2	scouse
scouses	9	33	1324	2	scouses
scout	7	50	3145	2	scou_t
scouters	10	34	1130	2	scouters
scouth	11	50	1115	2	scouth
scouths	12	52	789	2	scouths
scowls	11	54	959	2	scowls
scows	10	66	1780	2	sco_ws
scrubs	10	42	1031	2	scrubs
scrums	10	46	1425	2	scrums
scuds	8	51	1624	2	sc_uds
scums	9	50	1742	2	sc_ums
scups	9	53	1665	2	sc_ups
scurf	10	47	1932	2	sc_urf
scurfs	11	32	1081	2	sc_urfs
scuts	7	45	2252	2	sc_uts
shoers	9	45	1832	2	shoers
shouts	9	40	1771	2	shouts
sieurs	6	5	904	2	sieurs
slurs	5	41	2337	2	s_lurs
snouts	6	49	1586	2	snouts
soars	5	47	3251	2	s_oars
sorus	5	45	2758	2	s_orus
souks	9	48	2052	2	s_ouks
souls	5	51	2736	2	s_ouls
soups	7	53	2294	2	s_oups
sour	4	59	3589	2	s_our_
sous	4	69	4721	2	s_ou_s
spoors	8	40	1402	2	spoors
spouts	8	51	1511	2	spouts
spurs	7	46	2152	2	s_purs
stoups	8	53	1327	2	stoups
stour	5	49	1674	2	stour_
stoure	6	48	1494	2	stoure
stoures	7	46	1416	2	stoures
stoury	9	52	994	2	stoury
stouts	6	50	1900	2	stouts
succours	12	4	458	2	succours
swouns	9	35	824	2	swouns
tours	5	53	2586	2	_tours
yours	8	52	1787	2	_yours

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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	91	4.436	18609.3
3	Display Results	91	91	0.063	1444.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	91	4.622	38661.0