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

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

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.

15 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
cuprous	11	4	974	(None)
cupreous	12	5	560	1	cupreous
aurous	6	41	1926	2	au_rous
cerous	8	58	2120	2	c_erous
cirrous	9	31	1106	2	cirrous
citrous	9	31	1299	2	citrous
copious	11	3	1196	2	copious
cumbrous	14	4	617	2	cumbrous
cuprum	12	3	674	2	cupr_um
cuprums	13	3	445	2	cuprums
curious	9	38	1356	2	curious
cyprus	13	3	536	2	cypr_us
leprous	9	3	884	2	leprous
lupous	8	4	943	2	lup_ous
uprouse	9	3	722	2	_uprouse

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	15	3.283	32796.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.656	48876.1