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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lithospheres” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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37 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
lithospheres	20	7	284	(None)
lithosphere	19	5	317	1	lithosphere_
lithospheric	22	6	244	2	lithospheric
atmospheres	18	5	309	3	_atmospheres
bathyspheres	25	6	154	3	bathyspheres
biospheres	17	6	514	3	bi__ospheres
ionospheres	16	5	402	3	_ionospheres
lithophanes	19	5	337	3	litho_phanes
lithophytes	22	10	299	3	litho_phytes
microspheres	21	5	492	3	microspheres
asthenospheres	22	11	167	4	asthenospheres
atmosphere	17	5	289	4	_atmosphere_
atmosphered	19	5	246	4	_atmosphered
bathysphere	24	6	153	4	bathysphere_
biosphere	16	6	478	4	bi__osphere_
diphosphates	23	14	304	4	diphosphates
ecospheres	17	9	513	4	__ecospheres
exospheres	22	9	442	4	__exospheres
heliospheres	20	5	279	4	heliospheres
hydrospheres	24	5	339	4	hydrospheres
inspheres	14	5	540	4	_i__nspheres
ionosphere	15	5	397	4	_ionosphere_
lithographers	22	5	390	4	lithographer_s
lithophane	18	5	364	4	litho_phane_
lithophyte	21	6	311	4	litho_phyte_
lithopones	15	5	410	4	litho_p_ones
lophophores	21	5	364	4	lopho_phores
mesospheres	18	5	369	4	_mesospheres
microsphere	20	5	510	4	microsphere_
noospheres	15	4	514	4	__noospheres
oospheres	14	5	663	4	___oospheres
ozonospheres	26	6	227	4	ozonospheres
phosphenes	20	7	655	4	__phosphenes
phosphores	20	7	842	4	__phosphores
photospheres	22	5	580	4	photospheres
rhizospheres	29	6	241	4	rhizospheres
tropospheres	19	5	345	4	tropospheres

Search took 8 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	37	7.003	17819.5
3	Display Results	37	37	0.013	2846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	7.406	24127.9