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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scrouges” 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
scrouges	11	3	668	(None)
scrooges	11	3	716	1	scrooges
scrouge	10	3	635	1	scrouge_
scrouged	12	3	538	1	scrouged
scrounges	12	4	392	1	scrounges
croupes	11	46	1310	2	_croupes
croutes	9	48	1565	2	_croutes
rouges	7	60	2238	2	__rouges
scourges	11	3	653	2	sc_ourges
scouses	9	33	1324	2	sc_ouses
scrooge	10	3	718	2	scrooge_
scrounge	11	4	391	2	scrounge_
scrounged	13	4	314	2	scrounged
scrounger	12	4	344	2	scrounger
scroungers	13	4	318	2	scroungers

Search took 6 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	4.690	25812.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.063	35293.5