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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
colognes	11	3	1060	(None)
cologne	10	3	936	1	cologne_
cologned	12	3	715	1	cologned
colones	9	61	2443	1	colo_nes
bolognas	11	4	407	2	bolognas
clones	8	45	2656	2	c_lo_nes
coignes	10	39	1215	2	co_ignes
cojones	16	35	1210	2	cojo_nes
collogues	12	4	621	2	collogues
cologs	9	65	1735	2	colog__s
colone	8	54	2500	2	colo_ne_
colonel	9	42	1328	2	colo_nel
colonels	10	42	1045	2	colo_nels
colonies	10	36	2001	2	colonies
colons	8	60	2868	2	colo_n_s
colonus	9	44	1344	2	colo_nus
ecologies	12	3	1235	2	ecologies
ologies	8	6	1502	2	_ologies
oologies	9	3	1299	2	oologies

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	121059	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.186	42687.8