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

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

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38 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
apologetics	16	5	220	(None)
apologetic	15	4	428	1	apologetic_
analgetics	13	18	436	3	anal_getics
apologias	12	4	750	3	apolog__ias
apologies	12	3	1119	3	apolog__ies
unapologetic	17	6	102	3	unapologetic_
allogenic	12	4	706	4	a_llogenic_
aloetic	9	3	1318	4	a__lo_etic_
analgesics	13	21	342	4	anal_gesics
analgetic	12	15	649	4	anal_getic_
anoretics	11	4	864	4	a__noretics
apiologies	13	3	906	4	apiolog__ies
apogeic	12	4	660	4	ap__oge_ic_
apologetically	22	5	415	4	apologetic~~all~~y
apologia	11	4	772	4	apolog__i_a
apologiae	12	4	576	4	apolog__iae
apologise	12	4	830	4	apolog__ise
apologises	13	4	730	4	apolog_ises
apologising	15	8	363	4	apologising
apologist	12	4	1240	4	apolog__ist
apologists	13	4	888	4	apolog_ists
apologize	21	4	612	4	apolog__ize
apologizers	23	4	282	4	apologizers
apologizes	22	4	620	4	apolog_izes
apologizing	24	5	456	4	apologizing
apologs	10	3	859	4	apolog____s
apologues	12	4	502	4	apolog__ues
aposiopetic	17	5	205	4	aposiopetic_
athletics	14	10	582	4	athl__etics
biologics	14	4	686	4	biolog__ics
phonetics	16	4	673	4	_p_honetics
poetics	11	3	1207	4	_p__o_etics
polemics	14	4	818	4	_pol__emics
politics	12	25	1381	4	_pol__itics
polygenic	17	4	649	4	_polygenic_
poromerics	16	4	553	4	_poromerics
splenetics	14	4	341	4	sp_lenetics
sporogenic	15	4	488	4	sporogenic_

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	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	38	9.266	16060.8
3	Display Results	38	38	0.013	2923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	9.702	18418.0