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

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

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34 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
contralto	11	4	709	(None)
contralti	11	4	774	1	contralti
contraltos	12	4	676	1	contraltos
contract	12	29	1563	2	contract_
contractor	14	4	907	2	contractor
contracts	13	22	1201	2	contracts
contrast	10	26	1478	2	contrast_
contrasts	11	22	1104	2	contrasts
contrasty	14	21	719	2	contrasty
castrato	10	4	852	3	castra_to
central	9	31	1447	3	central__
centraler	11	4	668	3	centraler
centrality	15	4	774	3	centrality
centrally	14	4	890	3	centrally
centrals	10	27	1203	3	central_s
congrats	11	3	1143	3	congra_ts
contact	11	440	2068	3	cont_act_
contactor	13	4	843	3	cont_actor
contacts	12	32	1521	3	cont_acts
contra	8	33	1470	3	contra___
contracted	15	4	982	3	contracted
contraction	15	4	1124	3	contraction
contractors	15	4	916	3	contractors
contrail	10	4	1098	3	contra_il
contrails	11	4	1054	3	contrails
contraption	15	4	810	3	contraption
contrary	13	4	749	3	contra_ry
contras	9	30	1562	3	contra__s
contrasted	13	4	857	3	contrasted
contrite	10	3	1854	3	contr_ite
control	9	3	1069	3	control__
controls	10	3	1139	3	control_s
coranto	9	3	1189	3	co__ranto
couranto	10	4	690	3	co_uranto

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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	34	7.266	20457.1
3	Display Results	34	34	0.013	2615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	34	7.685	23251.9