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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gourde” 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
gourde	8	10	793	(None)
gourd	7	10	1190	1	gourd_
gourdes	9	10	938	1	gourdes
gourds	8	10	825	1	gourds
bourne	8	37	1409	2	bourne
bourse	8	44	1433	2	bourse
coude	8	50	2263	2	cou_de
course	8	51	1777	2	course
gore	5	57	4496	2	go_r_e
gored	7	52	2708	2	go_red
gorge	7	64	2389	2	go_rge
gorse	6	59	2681	2	go_rse
gouge	7	82	2006	2	gou_ge
gouged	9	62	1459	2	gouged
gourmet	10	5	920	2	gourmet
gude	6	54	2333	2	g_u_de
guide	7	50	1988	2	g_uide
gurge	7	54	1978	2	g_urge
horde	9	46	2305	2	ho_rde
loured	7	46	1740	2	loured
ourie	5	40	2729	2	_ourie
poured	9	51	1674	2	poured
source	8	4	1067	2	source
soured	7	49	2186	2	soured
toured	7	42	1615	2	toured

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	82551	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.890	28564.4
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.029	58993.4