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

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

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.

16 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
spurgalls	12	4	309	(None)
spurgall	11	4	326	1	spurgall_
sourballs	11	4	523	2	sourballs
spurgalled	14	4	176	2	spurgalled
aspergills	13	7	266	3	aspergills
nutgalls	9	4	395	3	_nutgalls
sourball	10	4	536	3	sourball_
spalls	8	42	1734	3	sp___alls
spirally	13	4	802	3	spir_ally
spirals	9	32	1251	3	spir_a_ls
spitballs	13	4	407	3	spitballs
sprawls	12	17	637	3	sp_r_awls
spurgalling	15	5	172	3	spurgalling
spurges	10	41	1165	3	spurg__es
spurtles	10	3	778	3	spur_tles
squalls	16	4	731	3	squ__alls

Search took 7 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	6.126	24264.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.562	27231.2