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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sulphurise” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

14 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
sulphurise	15	5	227	(None)
sulphurised	17	5	157	1	sulphurised
sulphurises	16	5	203	1	sulphurises
sulphuring	16	4	277	2	sulphuring
sulphurs	13	8	365	2	sulphur_s_
sulfurize	21	4	453	3	sul_furize
sulphide	14	4	462	3	sulph__ide
sulphite	13	4	600	3	sulph__ite
sulphur	12	12	387	3	sulphur___
sulphured	15	4	292	3	sulphur_ed
sulphurising	18	5	157	3	sulphurising
sulphurous	15	5	225	3	sulphurous
sulphury	16	12	275	3	sulphur__y
surprise	10	3	767	3	surp__rise

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.733	24525.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.139	29107.5