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

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

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39 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
colonus	9	44	1344	(None)
clonus	8	52	1241	1	c_lonus
colobus	11	38	937	1	colobus
colones	9	61	2443	1	colones
colons	8	60	2868	1	colon_s
clones	8	45	2656	2	c_lones
clonks	12	50	1347	2	c_lonks
clons	7	52	2813	2	c_lon_s
coconut	11	5	1146	2	coconut
coconuts	12	4	632	2	coconuts
codons	9	61	1946	2	codon_s
cogons	9	68	1811	2	cogon_s
cojones	16	35	1210	2	cojones
coleus	8	68	1827	2	col_eus
colins	8	52	2904	2	colin_s
colognes	11	3	1060	2	colognes
cologs	9	65	1735	2	colo_gs
colon	7	86	3019	2	colon__
colone	8	54	2500	2	colon_e
colonel	9	42	1328	2	colonel
colonels	10	42	1045	2	colonels
coloni	8	56	1920	2	colon_i
colonic	11	50	1571	2	colonic
colonics	12	37	1161	2	colonics
colonies	10	36	2001	2	colonies
colonise	10	25	1428	2	colonise
colonist	10	26	1792	2	colonist
colony	11	54	1727	2	colon_y
colors	8	66	2237	2	colo_rs
colossus	10	4	517	2	colossus
colour	8	59	1508	2	colo_ur
colours	9	59	1341	2	colours
comous	10	8	1650	2	como_us
conus	7	67	2653	2	c__onus
coons	7	67	3728	2	co_on_s
cornus	8	48	1656	2	co_rnus
coronas	9	39	1690	2	coronas
oolongs	8	4	595	2	oolongs
solons	6	51	2001	2	solon_s

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	39	3.703	29076.7
3	Display Results	39	39	0.016	2437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	39	3.842	46509.9