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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “towhees” 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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19 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
towhees	13	27	779	(None)
towhee	12	26	1388	1	towhee_
townees	10	26	978	1	townees
nowheres	14	3	751	2	nowheres
tochers	12	34	1309	2	tochers
toffees	13	32	708	2	toffees
topees	8	55	1970	2	to_pees
tophes	11	52	1842	2	toph_es
toshes	9	45	2010	2	tosh_es
toupees	9	3	851	2	toupees
towages	11	3	923	2	towages
towels	9	43	1464	2	tow_els
towers	9	44	2367	2	tow_ers
towhead	14	3	522	2	towhead
towheads	15	4	481	2	towheads
towies	9	35	2119	2	tow_ies
townee	9	28	1521	2	townee_
townies	10	31	1362	2	townies
trochees	13	25	1018	2	trochees

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	2.890	37256.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.266	54712.5