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

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

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44 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
sprangs	10	46	1005	(None)
prangs	9	48	1623	1	_prangs
sprags	9	57	1582	1	spra_gs
sprang	9	57	1352	1	sprang_
springs	10	44	1592	1	springs
orangs	7	41	1603	2	_orangs
ourangs	8	31	850	2	ourangs
pangs	8	46	2866	2	_p_angs
parangs	10	43	1437	2	parangs
prang	8	48	2032	2	_prang_
pranks	12	48	1472	2	_pranks
prongs	9	43	1448	2	_prongs
sarans	6	42	2443	2	saran_s
sarongs	8	45	1180	2	sarongs
satangs	8	47	971	2	satangs
scrags	9	57	1380	2	scra_gs
slangs	7	56	1534	2	s_langs
sopranos	10	4	643	2	sopranos
sorings	8	38	1725	2	sorings
spang	8	49	1973	2	sp_ang_
spanks	12	45	1412	2	sp_anks
spans	7	45	2873	2	sp_an_s
speans	8	54	1714	2	spean_s
spirants	10	8	828	2	spirants
sprag	8	64	1869	2	spra_g_
sprains	9	30	1359	2	sprains
sprats	8	58	1993	2	spra_ts
sprawls	12	17	637	2	sprawls
sprays	11	59	1364	2	spra_ys
sprigs	9	48	1477	2	spr_igs
spring	9	45	2601	2	spring_
springe	10	39	1398	2	springe
springes	11	40	1403	2	springes
springy	13	35	966	2	springy
sprints	9	41	1377	2	sprints
sprugs	9	40	1017	2	spr_ugs
sprung	9	46	1003	2	sprung_
stangs	7	50	1816	2	s_tangs
strands	8	37	1195	2	strands
strang	7	57	1831	2	strang_
strange	8	54	1634	2	strange
stranges	9	45	1676	2	stranges
strings	8	46	1713	2	strings
wrangs	10	46	1191	2	_wrangs

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	44	2.983	36094.9
3	Display Results	44	44	0.016	2750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	44	3.359	53197.7