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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
biathlon	13	15	301	(None)
biathlons	14	10	333	1	biathlons
triathlon	12	5	253	2	triathlon
ballon	8	41	1749	3	b_a_llon
bathos	11	62	1563	3	b_ath_os
baton	7	58	2242	3	b_at__on
benthon	12	3	769	3	benth_on
biathlete	14	4	279	3	biathlete
billon	8	37	1383	3	bi__llon
biotron	9	3	729	3	biot_ron
boathook	17	4	476	3	boathook
decathlon	15	4	257	3	decathlon
diatron	8	3	928	3	diat_ron
gnathion	12	4	344	3	gnathion
triathlons	13	5	235	3	triathlons

Search took 8 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	15	7.360	19859.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.780	22968.0