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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
alexins	14	19	1066	(None)
alevins	10	21	1057	1	alevins
alexias	14	24	979	1	alexias
alexin	13	23	1148	1	alexin_
alexine	14	24	1054	1	alexine
alexines	15	25	850	1	alexines
acetins	9	3	1317	2	acetins
alanins	7	3	1580	2	alanins
aldrins	8	3	1020	2	aldrins
alevin	9	25	1151	2	alevin_
alexia	13	29	1046	2	alexi_a
algins	7	48	1643	2	al_gins
aloins	6	50	2220	2	al_oins
alumins	9	5	1298	2	alumins
auxins	13	12	981	2	a_uxins
flexing	18	35	899	2	flexing
flexions	18	4	441	2	flexions
levins	9	45	1465	2	_levins
lexis	12	59	1603	2	_lexi_s
olefins	10	3	749	2	olefins
oleins	6	3	1352	2	ole_ins

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.373	31921.4
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.749	47663.6