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

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

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34 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
telephonist	16	9	496	(None)
telephonists	17	9	331	1	telephonists
telephones	15	4	569	2	telephones_
telephonic	17	5	476	2	telephoni_c
telephonies	16	5	490	2	telephonies
telephoning	17	5	323	2	telephoning
teleologist	12	4	938	3	teleologist
telephone	14	4	564	3	telephon__e
telephoned	16	5	402	3	telephon_ed
telephoner	15	5	404	3	telephon_er
telephoners	16	5	332	3	telephoners
telephony	17	4	386	3	telephon__y
telephotos	15	5	261	3	telephotos_
telethons	12	4	602	3	telethon_s_
xylophonist	26	5	336	3	xylophonist
cellphones	17	4	417	4	cellphones_
elephant	13	4	756	4	_elephan__t
elephants	14	4	480	4	_elephants_
ethephons	17	4	337	4	ethephon_s_
receptionist	16	5	640	4	receptionist
religionist	12	5	566	4	religionist
saxophonist	23	7	297	4	saxophonist
selectionist	14	5	808	4	selectionist
symphonist	20	13	592	4	_symphonist
telegonic	12	4	497	4	tele_goni_c
telegonies	11	4	565	4	tele_gonies
teleologists	13	4	722	4	teleologists
teleost	7	4	1052	4	tele__o__st
telephoto	14	5	318	4	telepho__to
teleport	10	4	864	4	telep_o__rt
teleports	11	4	545	4	telep_orts_
teleshops	14	4	478	4	telesho_ps_
telethon	11	4	600	4	telethon___
xylophonists	27	6	219	4	xylophonists

Search took 9 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	34	8.030	18532.9
3	Display Results	34	34	0.016	2125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	34	8.469	21099.4