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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “postage” 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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43 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
postage	10	32	1485	(None)
hostage	11	31	1123	1	hostage
portage	10	30	1364	1	portage
postages	11	28	1532	1	postages
potage	9	27	1590	1	po_tage
pottage	10	33	1060	1	pottage
apostate	10	4	985	2	apostate
boscage	12	7	653	2	boscage
boskage	14	6	541	2	boskage
costae	8	53	1968	2	costa_e
costate	9	40	1927	2	costate
cottage	10	42	1057	2	cottage
dosage	8	28	1000	2	dos_age
dotage	8	27	1161	2	do_tage
footage	11	4	883	2	footage
hostages	12	23	1169	2	hostages
montage	10	12	1171	2	montage
onstage	8	3	836	2	onstage
outage	7	20	1753	2	_outage
passage	10	3	980	2	passage
plottage	11	4	443	2	plottage
portaged	12	22	846	2	portaged
portages	11	26	1322	2	portages
postal	8	43	1753	2	posta_l
postals	9	37	1637	2	postals
postbag	12	4	522	2	postbag_
postbags	13	4	529	2	postbags
postbase	12	4	644	2	postbase
postdate	11	3	965	2	postdate
postface	15	6	612	2	postface
postgame	13	4	552	2	postgame
postie	8	41	2396	2	post_ie
postrace	12	3	1053	2	postrace
posture	9	3	1325	2	posture
potages	10	24	1642	2	po_tages
pottages	11	29	1045	2	pottages
prostate	10	3	1453	2	prostate
restage	8	33	1618	2	restage
rootage	8	3	904	2	rootage
stage	6	53	3019	2	__stage
upstage	10	16	744	2	upstage
voltage	11	3	686	2	voltage
wastage	11	10	925	2	wastage

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	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	43	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	43	43	0.013	3307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.656	48876.1