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

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

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43 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
tougher	11	42	1098	(None)
cougher	13	37	1173	1	cougher
rougher	11	35	1103	1	rougher
toucher	12	48	1435	1	toucher
toughed	12	35	1169	1	toughed
toughen	11	32	920	1	toughen
boughed	14	38	1026	2	boughed
coucher	14	45	1585	2	coucher
coughed	14	33	1090	2	coughed
coughers	14	39	996	2	coughers
couther	12	39	1463	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
roughed	12	42	1094	2	roughed
roughen	11	33	883	2	roughen
roughers	12	32	918	2	roughers
soughed	12	38	1162	2	soughed
souther	10	41	1630	2	souther
tocher	11	40	1491	2	to_cher
toggler	9	39	919	2	toggler
tonger	7	47	1968	2	tong_er
tother	9	41	1714	2	to_ther
touche	11	49	1617	2	touche_
touched	13	49	1496	2	touched
touchers	13	36	1121	2	touchers
touches	12	51	1834	2	touches
touchier	13	4	738	2	touchier
tough	9	73	2198	2	tough__
toughener	13	4	416	2	toughener
toughens	12	28	672	2	toughens
toughest	12	3	830	2	toughest
toughie	11	8	759	2	toughie
toughies	12	7	824	2	toughies
toughly	14	48	743	2	toughly
toughs	10	54	1498	2	tough_s
toughy	13	59	1107	2	tough_y
tourer	6	41	1507	2	tou_rer
touter	6	38	2103	2	tou_ter
tugger	8	40	1310	2	t_ugger
voucher	15	41	1026	2	voucher

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	43	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.689	48438.9