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

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

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54 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
sought	10	63	1506	(None)
bought	12	51	1564	1	bought
dought	11	49	1552	1	dought
fought	13	51	1240	1	fought
nought	10	47	1397	1	nought
ought	9	52	2154	1	_ought
sough	9	53	2046	1	sough_
soughs	10	51	1562	1	soughs
abought	13	4	615	2	abought
aught	9	51	2070	2	_aught
besought	14	5	400	2	besought
bough	11	57	1931	2	bough_
boughs	12	54	1437	2	boughs
brought	13	30	869	2	brought
caught	12	49	1168	2	caught
cough	11	58	1964	2	cough_
coughs	12	55	1454	2	coughs
dough	10	52	1738	2	dough_
doughs	11	59	1293	2	doughs
doughty	15	43	602	2	doughty
doughy	14	49	984	2	doughy
drought	12	25	888	2	drought
lough	9	51	1848	2	lough_
loughs	10	50	1477	2	loughs
naught	10	43	1249	2	naught
nougat	7	47	1265	2	nougat
noughts	11	47	808	2	noughts
oughts	10	47	1018	2	_oughts
resought	12	5	499	2	resought
rough	9	78	1944	2	rough_
roughs	10	54	1622	2	roughs
roughy	13	70	1086	2	roughy
saugh	9	53	1840	2	saugh_
saughs	10	48	1205	2	saughs
saughy	13	50	746	2	saughy
sight	9	46	2929	2	s_ight
slight	10	34	1600	2	slight
slough	10	53	923	2	slough_
sloughs	11	49	756	2	sloughs
sloughy	14	53	580	2	sloughy
sorgho	10	34	871	2	sorgho
soughed	12	38	1162	2	soughed
south	8	52	2357	2	south_
souths	9	52	1660	2	souths
sugh	8	64	2344	2	s_ugh_
sughs	9	53	1332	2	s_ughs
taught	10	43	1223	2	taught
thought	14	63	914	2	thought
tough	9	73	2199	2	tough_
toughs	10	54	1499	2	toughs
toughy	13	59	1108	2	toughy
unsought	12	4	424	2	unsought
waught	13	38	1104	2	waught
wrought	14	27	693	2	wrought

Search took 3 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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	54	2.330	35429.6
3	Display Results	54	54	0.016	3375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	54	2.702	66132.9