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

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

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27 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
hyenas	12	8	895	(None)
hyaenas	13	3	498	1	hyaenas
hyena	11	8	1025	1	hyena_
arenas	6	50	2199	2	arenas
faenas	9	44	1276	2	faenas
hennas	9	42	1180	2	hennas
hens	7	56	4257	2	h_en_s
hents	8	73	3074	2	h_ents
hryvnas	16	4	149	2	hryvnas
hyaena	12	3	536	2	hyaena_
hydras	13	23	931	2	hydras
hyenic	14	3	872	2	hyenic
hyetal	12	3	654	2	hyetal
hylas	11	48	1590	2	hy_las
hymenal	15	4	518	2	hymenal
hymens	14	3	799	2	hymen_s
hymnal	14	3	491	2	hymnal
hymnals	15	4	352	2	hymnals
hymns	13	3	752	2	hymn_s
mynas	10	58	1523	2	my_nas
scenas	8	41	1470	2	scenas
veenas	9	14	1041	2	veenas
whenas	12	46	1046	2	whenas
yeans	8	66	2488	2	_yeans
yeas	7	86	3842	2	_ye_as
yens	7	58	3226	2	_yen_s
yentas	9	46	1421	2	_yentas

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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.766	29844.9
3	Display Results	27	27	0.013	2076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.905	61511.5