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

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

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40 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
locales	9	37	1509	(None)
locale	8	39	1565	1	locale_
locals	8	37	1450	1	local_s
locates	9	32	1881	1	locates
locules	9	28	1260	1	locules
cockles	15	34	1464	2	cockles
jacales	16	3	1032	2	jacales
loaches	12	36	1398	2	loaches
loaves	9	48	1385	2	lo_aves
lobules	9	25	1081	2	lobules
local	7	48	2027	2	local__
localise	10	15	1185	2	localise
localises	11	14	1146	2	localises
localism	12	13	1001	2	localism
localist	10	16	1396	2	localist
localites	11	12	1043	2	localites
localizes	20	15	1054	2	localizes
locally	12	17	972	2	locally
localness	11	4	523	2	localness
locate	8	39	1984	2	locate_
located	10	31	1418	2	located
locater	9	31	1360	2	locater
locaters	10	27	1007	2	locaters
lockages	15	3	672	2	lockages
locoes	8	55	1658	2	loc_oes
locule	8	34	1203	2	locule_
loculed	10	31	765	2	loculed
loculus	9	29	697	2	loculus
lovages	11	3	803	2	lovages
loyaler	10	3	508	2	loyaler
loyalest	11	14	672	2	loyalest
morales	9	36	1940	2	morales
nopales	9	38	1252	2	nopales
scales	8	45	2931	2	_scales
socages	10	10	1205	2	socages
socles	8	4	1845	2	soc_les
vocables	15	14	573	2	vocables
vocalese	13	16	550	2	vocalese
vocals	11	38	1158	2	vocal_s
zocalos	18	3	539	2	zocalos

Search took 4 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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	40	3.423	31455.2
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	3.829	46667.8