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

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

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45 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
windward	16	6	551	(None)
windwards	17	6	451	1	windwards
inward	10	3	1033	2	_in_ward
landward	13	4	582	2	landward
wildcard	15	4	364	2	wildcard
windway	17	4	515	2	windwa_y
windways	18	4	504	2	windways
airward	11	4	813	3	ai_rward
bedward	14	9	747	3	_bedward
bindweed	15	4	379	3	bindweed
cityward	17	4	294	3	cityward
inboard	10	3	706	3	_inboard
inwards	11	3	834	3	_in_wards
landwards	14	4	550	3	landwards
manward	13	4	909	3	man_ward
misaward	14	6	459	3	misaward
onward	10	3	905	3	_on_ward
qindar	16	31	717	3	qind_ar_
qindars	17	26	742	3	qind_ars
sideward	13	4	595	3	sideward
sunward	11	3	765	3	sun_ward
tinware	10	3	860	3	tin_ware
vanward	14	5	694	3	van_ward
vineyard	15	4	398	3	vineyard
wayward	17	3	605	3	w_ayward
westward	15	4	382	3	westward
wildcards	16	4	304	3	wildcards
wildland	13	5	384	3	wildland
wildwood	16	4	359	3	wildwood
willyard	15	4	396	3	willyard
windage	12	3	793	3	wind_age
windbag	14	4	412	3	windba_g
windbags	15	4	452	3	windbags
windburn	14	4	273	3	windburn
winded	11	49	1821	3	wind__ed
winder	10	40	2526	3	wind_er_
winders	11	37	2126	3	wind_ers
windfall	15	4	420	3	windfall
windgall	13	4	385	3	windgall
windier	11	34	1216	3	windier_
windlass	12	26	608	3	windlass
windled	12	37	1348	3	wind_led
windowed	16	3	557	3	windowed
windsurf	15	4	316	3	windsurf
wizard	19	37	771	3	wi__zard

Search took 8 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	146162	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	45	6.966	20982.2
3	Display Results	45	45	0.016	2812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	7.388	24186.7