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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “railroaders” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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35 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
railroaders	12	5	196	(None)
railroader	11	5	233	1	railroader_
railroaded	12	5	195	2	railroade_d
railroads	10	4	352	2	railroad__s
fairleaders	15	5	177	3	fairleaders
railroad	9	4	380	3	railroad___
railroading	13	5	237	3	railroading
railroadings	14	5	146	3	railroadings
reloaders	10	3	641	3	r_el_oaders
sailboaters	13	5	275	3	sailboaters
abraders	11	3	734	4	_a_br_aders
arillodes	10	4	466	4	arillo_de_s
fairleader	14	5	228	4	fairleader_
freeloaders	15	6	218	4	freel_oaders
lipreaders	13	4	284	4	_lipreaders
loaders	8	34	1341	4	___l_oaders
paraders	11	31	1311	4	pa__r_aders
raiders	8	46	1514	4	rai____ders
railcars	10	4	531	4	rail_ca__rs
railers	7	44	2066	4	rail____ers
railheads	13	4	397	4	railhead__s
rainmakers	16	4	406	4	rai_nmakers
rainwaters	13	4	371	4	rai_nwaters
reloader	9	3	791	4	r_el_oader_
repleaders	13	4	402	4	repl_eaders
sailboater	12	5	349	4	sailboater_
sailmakers	16	4	378	4	sail_makers
sailplaners	13	5	227	4	sailplaners
tailenders	11	4	364	4	tail_enders
tailgaters	11	4	338	4	tail_gaters
tailraces	11	4	490	4	tailr_ace_s
tailwaters	13	4	350	4	tail_waters
trailblazers	23	5	123	4	trailblazers
trailbreakers	19	6	147	4	trailbreakers
unloaders	10	4	440	4	_unl_oaders

Search took 10 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	148819	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	35	9.110	16335.8
3	Display Results	35	35	0.013	2692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	35	9.296	19222.4