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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
elbows	11	9	671	(None)
elbow	10	11	770	1	elbow_
embows	13	9	682	1	embows
allows	9	45	1768	2	allows
bellows	12	43	1330	2	bellows
belows	11	46	1418	2	bel_ows
blows	10	54	2383	2	bl_ows
bows	9	62	4286	2	__bows
ebons	7	43	1609	2	e_bons
elbowed	13	23	547	2	elbowed
emboss	10	8	738	2	emboss
embow	12	9	756	2	embow_
endows	10	46	1042	2	endows
enows	8	51	1549	2	e_nows
fellows	13	42	1243	2	fellows
flows	11	58	2236	2	fl_ows
glows	9	55	1803	2	gl_ows
lows	7	58	4301	2	_l_ows
mellows	12	38	1223	2	mellows
oxbows	18	3	371	2	oxbows
plows	10	54	1990	2	pl_ows
slows	8	53	2346	2	sl_ows
upbows	13	8	468	2	upbows
yellows	13	32	960	2	yellows

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.143	38521.2
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.499	71505.0