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

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

23 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
turquois	17	4	245	(None)
turquoise	18	6	170	1	turquoise
turkois	11	3	513	2	tur_kois
turquoises	19	5	172	2	turquoises
marquis	18	24	706	3	marqu_is
torquers	17	20	430	3	torquers
torques	16	21	751	3	torqu_es
tortuous	8	4	589	3	tortuous
travois	10	3	787	3	t_ravois
trois	5	72	2609	3	t_r__ois
tuques	15	35	837	3	tu_qu_es
turacos	9	3	862	3	turaco_s
turacous	10	4	713	3	turacous
turbos	8	9	1078	3	tur_bo_s
turbots	9	8	802	3	tur_bots
turfskis	15	4	177	3	turfskis
turgors	8	3	682	3	tur_gors
turions	7	3	1157	3	tur_ions
turmoil	9	4	472	3	tur_moil
turmoils	10	4	398	3	tur_moils
turnons	7	3	786	3	tur_nons
turnouts	8	4	540	3	turnouts
turnups	9	3	389	3	turnu_ps

Search took 9 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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	23	8.173	17883.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	8.345	21412.9