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

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

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41 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
crowsteps	16	4	253	(None)
crowstep	15	4	333	1	crowstep_
browsers	13	44	920	3	brows_ers
browses	12	47	1269	3	brows_e_s
chowses	15	56	1128	3	chows_e_s
cloisters	11	3	743	3	cloisters
coasters	10	43	1733	3	c_oasters
costers	9	41	2833	3	c_o_sters
cowsheds	17	3	474	3	c_owsheds
cowslips	15	4	361	3	c_owslips
crofters	13	35	890	3	cro_fters
crosiers	10	33	1206	3	cro_siers
crossers	10	39	1270	3	cro_ssers
crosses	9	42	2079	3	cro_sse_s
crosslets	11	4	518	3	crosslets
crossness	11	3	709	3	crossness
crossties	11	3	901	3	crossties
crosstrees	12	4	446	3	crosstrees
croutes	9	48	1565	3	cro_ute_s
crowders	14	39	881	3	crow_ders
crowdies	14	3	755	3	crowdie_s
crowers	12	46	1490	3	crow__ers
crowners	13	37	1075	3	crow_ners
crownets	13	40	767	3	crow_nets
crownless	14	4	342	3	crownless
crowsfeet	17	4	323	3	crowsfeet
crowstepped	21	5	82	3	crowstepped
doorsteps	12	5	255	3	doorsteps
drowses	11	46	1023	3	drows_e_s
footsteps	14	6	286	3	footsteps
frosteds	12	30	565	3	fro_steds
frowsted	15	3	431	3	frowste_d
frowsts	13	42	610	3	frowst__s
roasters	8	36	1593	3	_roasters
roisters	8	36	1555	3	_roisters
roosters	8	35	1466	3	_roosters
rosters	7	37	2754	3	_ro_sters
rousters	8	43	1568	3	_rousters
roysters	11	36	1053	3	_roysters
throwsters	16	4	271	3	throwsters
trowsers	11	42	800	3	trows_ers

Search took 7 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	41	6.236	23836.0
3	Display Results	41	41	0.016	2562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	41	6.672	26782.2