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

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

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48 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
lesbians	10	4	360	(None)
lesbian	9	4	446	1	lesbian_
hessians	11	4	505	2	hessians
lesbianism	14	5	260	2	lesbianism
lesions	7	38	1387	2	les_ions
cesarians	11	4	636	3	cesarians
cessions	10	3	985	3	cessions
designs	9	32	831	3	des_igns
desmans	10	3	900	3	des_mans
destains	9	3	1181	3	destains
espials	9	3	709	3	_espials
etesians	8	4	547	3	etes_ians
fustians	11	4	640	3	fustians
gentians	9	3	756	3	gentians
hessian	10	3	585	3	hessian_
labials	9	29	987	3	l_abials
lashins	10	39	1515	3	lashi_ns
leans	5	55	3625	3	le___ans
lebens	8	3	1009	3	le_b_ens
lectins	9	25	1500	3	lecti_ns
lections	10	24	1384	3	lections
leggins	9	25	947	3	leggi_ns
legions	8	46	1178	3	le_gions
lemans	8	53	1639	3	le__mans
leptins	9	24	1269	3	lepti_ns
lesbianisms	15	5	253	3	lesbian~~ism~~s
lesbos	8	3	740	3	lesb__os
lesion	6	47	1506	3	les_ion_
lessens	7	40	938	3	les_sens
lessons	7	38	1102	3	les_sons
leucins	9	3	810	3	leuci_ns
levins	9	45	1465	3	le_vi_ns
lysins	9	46	1095	3	lys_i_ns
medians	10	32	1421	3	me_dians
mesian	8	43	1550	3	mes_ian_
messans	9	27	1046	3	mes_sans
messiahs	13	4	396	3	messiahs
misbias	11	3	908	3	misbia_s
pembinas	14	5	414	3	pembinas
plebeians	13	4	223	3	plebeians
resigns	8	39	1096	3	res_igns
resins	6	45	2877	3	res_i_ns
sessions	8	3	972	3	sessions
sestinas	8	24	913	3	sestinas
terbias	9	3	1074	3	terbia_s
tertians	8	3	910	3	tertians
thespians	14	4	284	3	thespians
vesuvians	15	4	174	3	vesuvians

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	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	48	6.876	21256.8
3	Display Results	48	48	0.013	3692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	48	7.389	24183.4