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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “purgatory” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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37 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
purgatory	15	4	441	(None)
expurgatory	24	5	229	2	expurgatory
juratory	18	4	518	2	jur_atory
nugatory	12	4	527	2	nu_gatory
pulsatory	14	7	461	2	pulsatory
curator	9	3	1221	3	cur_ator_
curators	10	3	1172	3	cur_ators
derogatory	15	4	511	3	derogatory
expurgator	20	5	275	3	expurgator_
expurgators	21	5	256	3	expurgators
fumatory	16	4	492	3	fu_matory
gustatory	13	4	382	3	gustatory
gyratory	15	4	417	3	gyr_atory
hortatory	15	4	474	3	hortatory
migratory	15	4	534	3	migratory
moratory	13	4	782	3	mor_atory
objurgatory	24	5	160	3	objurgatory
oratory	10	3	940	3	_or_atory
palpatory	16	4	522	3	palpatory
phratry	15	4	374	3	phr_at_ry
piscatory	16	4	527	3	piscatory
placatory	16	4	572	3	placatory
potatory	13	4	841	3	p_otatory
precatory	16	4	911	3	precatory
predatory	15	4	770	3	predatory
prefatory	17	4	668	3	prefatory
probatory	16	4	711	3	probatory
pulsator	10	8	569	3	pulsator_
pulsators	11	7	537	3	pulsators
punitory	13	4	560	3	pu_nitory
purgation	12	4	739	3	purgation
purgations	13	4	674	3	purgations
purgative	15	4	528	3	purgative
purgatorial	14	5	279	3	purgatorial
purgatories	14	6	333	3	purgatories
rogatory	12	4	615	3	_rogatory
sudatory	12	4	584	3	su_datory

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	37	7.253	20493.7
3	Display Results	37	37	0.013	2846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	7.686	23248.9