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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “telcos” 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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28 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
telcos	8	7	1068	(None)
telco	7	5	1187	1	telco_
telos	5	54	2452	1	tel_os
cellos	8	45	1780	2	cellos
decos	8	55	2212	2	de_cos
helios	9	48	1663	2	helios
hellos	9	53	2168	2	hellos
helos	8	49	2806	2	hel_os
jellos	13	47	1428	2	jellos
seccos	10	3	992	2	seccos
tacos	7	70	2355	2	t_acos
talcose	9	3	813	2	talcose
talcous	9	3	948	2	talcous
talcs	7	48	1718	2	talc_s
techs	10	69	1583	2	te_chs
telecom	11	4	681	2	telecom
telecoms	12	4	647	2	telecoms
teleost	7	4	1052	2	teleost
teles	5	45	3600	2	tel_es
tells	5	58	2894	2	tel_ls
tellys	9	34	884	2	tellys
teloi	5	42	1738	2	tel_oi
tels	4	68	4169	2	tel__s
telson	6	3	1029	2	telson
telsons	7	3	920	2	telsons
tempos	10	38	1229	2	tempos
terces	8	39	2141	2	terces
velcros	12	4	403	2	velcros

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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	28	3.216	25668.8
3	Display Results	28	28	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	28	3.326	53725.5