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

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

24 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
sulfur	9	3	791	(None)
sulfurs	10	3	734	1	sulfurs
sulfury	13	4	516	1	sulfury
bulgur	9	38	753	2	bulgur
desulfur	12	4	243	2	desulfur
furfur	12	3	555	2	furfur
kultur	10	3	443	2	kultur
slur	4	55	2515	2	s_l_ur
soulful	10	4	529	2	soulful
suffer	12	43	1451	2	suffer
sulcus	8	4	1049	2	sulcus
sulfa	8	3	1392	2	sulf_a
sulfas	9	3	1156	2	sulfas
sulfid	10	3	906	2	sulfid
sulfo	8	3	1336	2	sulf_o
sulfured	12	3	611	2	sulfured
sulfuret	11	4	927	2	sulfuret
sulfuric	13	4	410	2	sulfuric
sulfuryl	14	4	294	2	sulfuryl
sulker	10	40	1592	2	sulker
sulphur	12	12	387	2	sulphur
sulu	4	51	2842	2	sul_u_
sulus	5	48	2188	2	sul_us
surfer	9	35	1588	2	surfer

Search took 3 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.343	35233.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.719	65719.4