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

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

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38 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
likely	13	32	813	(None)
lively	12	33	1081	1	lively
cicely	13	3	883	2	cicely
dikey	13	51	1642	2	dike_y
direly	10	3	1156	2	direly
finely	12	30	1156	2	finely
lamely	11	40	1322	2	lamely
lanely	9	39	1448	2	lanely
lately	9	34	1384	2	lately
libel	7	41	1610	2	libel_
libels	8	51	1269	2	libels
liefly	12	6	636	2	liefly
like	8	60	4084	2	like__
liked	10	45	2381	2	like_d
liken	9	118	1884	2	like_n
likens	10	56	1370	2	likens
liker	9	56	2706	2	like_r
likers	10	46	2091	2	likers
likes	9	62	3190	2	like_s
likest	10	49	1438	2	likest
lily	7	67	3018	2	li__ly
limey	10	47	2104	2	lime_y
limply	13	38	1003	2	limply
lineny	9	40	1144	2	lineny
liney	8	70	2963	2	line_y
lithely	13	5	664	2	lithely
livery	12	49	1090	2	livery
lonely	9	29	1247	2	lonely
lovely	12	33	971	2	lovely
nicely	11	3	949	2	nicely
rifely	12	37	1003	2	rifely
ripely	11	25	1115	2	ripely
timely	11	34	1011	2	timely
unlikely	15	4	382	2	unlikely
vilely	12	3	944	2	vilely
widely	13	33	1103	2	widely
wifely	15	42	942	2	wifely
wisely	12	27	1171	2	wisely

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	38	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	38	38	0.016	2375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	2.719	65719.4