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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “dourest” 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.

25 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
dourest	8	3	1294	(None)
sourest	7	5	1571	1	sourest
dearest	8	36	1867	2	dearest
demurest	11	3	745	2	demurest
direst	7	50	2424	2	d_irest
doest	6	58	2952	2	do__est
dopiest	10	33	1599	2	dopiest
dotiest	8	37	1745	2	dotiest
douras	7	50	1672	2	douras_
dourer	7	42	1527	2	doure_r
dourness	9	4	768	2	dourness
douses	7	49	2893	2	douses_
doziest	17	40	1247	2	doziest
drest	6	55	3034	2	d__rest
dures	6	56	3592	2	d_ures_
duress	7	47	1206	2	d_uress
durst	6	61	2517	2	d_ur_st
forest	9	49	2674	2	fo_rest
foulest	10	3	1331	2	foulest
loudest	8	3	993	2	loudest
poorest	9	3	1277	2	poorest
purest	8	40	2193	2	_purest
sorest	6	50	2800	2	so_rest
surest	6	50	2676	2	_surest
tourist	7	3	1320	2	tourist

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	2.906	37051.3
3	Display Results	25	25	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.279	54495.6