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

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

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37 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
whirligigs	18	5	84	(None)
whirligig	17	5	86	1	whirligig_
whirlies	14	16	737	3	whirl__ies
whirling	15	23	716	3	whirli_ng_
birlings	11	35	961	4	_birli_ngs
chilidogs	16	12	277	4	chi_lidogs
chiralities	16	4	651	4	chiralities
chitlings	15	25	590	4	chitli_ngs
hirelings	13	6	576	4	_hireli_ngs
hurlings	12	38	821	4	_hurli_ngs
philibegs	17	4	179	4	phi_libegs
shielings	13	23	712	4	shieli_ngs
shillings	13	34	809	4	shilli_ngs
shirrings	13	24	532	4	shirri_ngs
shirtings	13	27	660	4	shirti_ngs
thirlages	13	4	376	4	thirlag_es
thirling	12	24	858	4	thirli_ng_
whalings	15	25	676	4	wh_ali_ngs
wheelings	16	28	493	4	wheeli_ngs
whiling	14	35	1174	4	whi_li_ng_
whippings	20	28	418	4	whippi_ngs
whirlers	14	28	605	4	whirl__ers
whirlier	14	17	529	4	whirl__ier
whirliest	15	21	604	4	whirli_est
whirlpools	18	5	83	4	whirlpools
whirls	12	47	1053	4	whirl____s
whirlwind	19	4	151	4	whirl_wind
whirlwinds	20	5	111	4	whirlwinds
whirlybird	22	6	89	4	whirlybird
whirlybirds	23	6	78	4	whirlybirds
whirries	14	13	669	4	whir__ries
whirring	15	28	628	4	whirri_ng_
whistlings	17	4	291	4	whistli_ngs
whitings	15	28	706	4	whi_ti_ngs
whittlings	17	4	222	4	whittli_ngs
wirings	11	39	1011	4	w_ir_i_ngs
witlings	12	32	844	4	w_itli_ngs

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	161450	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	161450	37	9.406	17164.6
3	Display Results	37	37	0.030	1233.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	9.889	18069.7