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

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

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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
heresy	12	50	1123	(None)
hereby	14	46	833	1	hereby
heres	8	62	4590	1	heres_
ceres	7	55	4001	2	ceres_
cheesy	14	41	919	2	che_esy
feres	8	60	3818	2	feres_
haeres	9	40	1703	2	haeres_
hares	8	62	5554	2	hares_
hebes	10	55	2167	2	hebes_
heiress	10	3	681	2	heiress
hemes	10	50	3108	2	hemes_
herbs	10	55	2050	2	herbs_
herby	13	47	1531	2	her_by
herds	9	64	2468	2	herds_
here	7	64	4710	2	here__
hereat	9	35	2741	2	hereat
herein	9	37	1779	2	herein
hereof	12	32	1237	2	hereof
hereon	9	39	1436	2	hereon
hereto	9	3	1369	2	hereto
herls	8	52	2643	2	herls_
herms	10	56	2643	2	herms_
herns	8	48	2558	2	herns_
heroes	9	49	2382	2	heroes_
heros	8	49	3086	2	heros_
herpes	11	55	1732	2	herpes_
herry	11	49	2247	2	her_ry
hers	7	58	4487	2	her_s_
hexes	15	51	2304	2	hexes_
hires	8	61	3434	2	hires_
horsey	12	51	1540	2	horsey
horsy	11	63	1839	2	hor_sy
jersey	16	3	633	2	jersey
kersey	13	3	679	2	kersey
merely	11	13	1259	2	merely
meres	7	51	4357	2	meres_
merest	8	47	2511	2	merest
peres	7	62	4664	2	peres_
phoresy	15	3	465	2	phoresy
seres	5	54	4889	2	seres_
serest	6	48	3161	2	serest
thereby	15	3	463	2	thereby
theres	9	65	2547	2	theres_
whereby	18	4	291	2	whereby
wheres	12	59	1743	2	wheres_

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	45	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	45	45	0.016	2812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	2.842	62875.1