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

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

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45 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
panther	12	6	1144	(None)
anther	9	37	1506	1	_anther
panthers	13	5	1078	1	panthers
aether	9	42	1367	2	_aether
another	10	28	915	2	_another
anthem	11	34	1034	2	_anthem
anthers	10	37	1520	2	_anthers
antler	6	46	1555	2	_antler
banter	8	48	2533	2	bant_er
bather	11	53	2251	2	ba_ther
canter	8	52	3011	2	cant_er
farther	13	4	834	2	farther
father	12	51	1671	2	fa_ther
gather	10	41	1585	2	ga_ther
lather	9	51	2435	2	la_ther
painter	9	38	1456	2	paint_er
paintier	10	4	879	2	paintier
palter	8	44	2326	2	palt_er
pander	9	37	2552	2	pan_der
panier	8	44	2550	2	pan_ier
panner	8	42	2476	2	pan_ner
pannier	9	36	1335	2	pannier
panted	9	50	2482	2	pant_ed
pantheon	13	4	631	2	pantheon
pantie	8	43	2647	2	pantie_
panties	9	42	3093	2	panties
panzer	17	42	1323	2	pan_zer
partier	9	35	2071	2	partier
partner	9	28	1139	2	partner
partyer	12	33	787	2	partyer
paster	8	57	3437	2	past_er
pastier	9	43	2038	2	pastier
patcher	14	35	1514	2	patcher
pater	7	47	4072	2	pa_t_er
patter	8	46	2826	2	pa_tter
patzer	17	31	1164	2	pa_tzer
pincher	14	38	1271	2	pincher
planter	9	40	1780	2	plant_er
pother	11	38	1885	2	p_other
puncher	14	33	1167	2	puncher
punter	8	43	2002	2	punt_er
rancher	12	30	1363	2	rancher
ranter	6	38	2682	2	rant_er
rather	9	43	1973	2	ra_ther
wanter	9	44	2305	2	want_er

Search took 5 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	0.263	679433.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	45	4.143	25988.7
3	Display Results	45	45	0.013	3461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	4.419	40437.0