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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “protease” 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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22 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
protease	10	20	989	(None)
proteas	9	20	1512	1	proteas_
proteases	11	21	1083	1	proteases
proteose	10	22	941	1	proteose
pretense	10	19	982	2	pretense
propense	12	24	1010	2	propense
prophase	15	4	1024	2	prophase
protases	10	21	1503	2	prot_ases
protea	8	22	1476	2	protea__
protean	9	24	1219	2	protea_n
proteans	10	28	1154	2	proteans
protege	10	5	915	2	prote_ge
protegee	11	5	696	2	protegee
proteges	11	4	992	2	proteges
proteide	11	23	972	2	proteide
proteinase	12	4	453	2	proteinase
proteome	12	22	842	2	proteome
proteoses	11	22	1101	2	proteoses
protest	9	3	1753	2	prote_st
proteus	9	25	1159	2	proteus_
proteuses	11	23	899	2	proteuses
protrade	11	4	821	2	protrade

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	121059	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	4.046	29920.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.422	40409.5