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

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

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46 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
meshier	12	34	1085	(None)
messier	9	34	1292	1	messier
mushier	12	38	1359	1	mushier
ashier	9	47	1483	2	_ashier
beshiver	16	3	448	2	beshiver
bushier	12	37	1281	2	bushier
cashier	12	37	1332	2	cashier
cushier	12	36	1083	2	cushier
dashier	11	43	1118	2	dashier
dishier	11	36	1340	2	dishier
fishier	13	35	985	2	fishier
fleshier	14	3	560	2	fleshier
gushier	11	31	1007	2	gushier
marshier	13	3	759	2	marshier
masher	11	41	2320	2	mash_er
mashie	11	3	1593	2	mashie_
mashies	12	3	1825	2	mashies
massier	9	36	1522	2	massier
mealier	9	30	1590	2	mealier
measlier	10	3	601	2	measlier
meatier	9	32	1461	2	meatier
menhir	11	3	678	2	menhi_r
merrier	9	26	1230	2	merrier
meshed	12	44	1593	2	mesh_ed
meshes	11	50	1944	2	mesh_es
meshiest	13	29	1103	2	meshiest
meshing	13	45	1381	2	meshing
metier	8	35	1769	2	me_tier
mistier	9	34	1871	2	mistier
mosher	11	47	1979	2	mosh_er
mossier	9	44	1381	2	mossier
mothier	12	19	1021	2	mothier
musher	11	38	2057	2	mush_er
muskier	13	43	1273	2	muskier
mussier	9	33	1436	2	mussier
mustier	9	40	1796	2	mustier
mythier	15	12	518	2	mythier
peskier	13	31	911	2	peskier
pestier	9	43	1740	2	pestier
pushier	12	36	1109	2	pushier
rushier	10	34	1197	2	rushier
shier	8	54	2894	2	__shier
techier	12	6	924	2	techier
testier	7	40	1564	2	testier
washier	13	36	1115	2	washier
zestier	16	30	1022	2	zestier

Search took 5 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	46	3.673	29314.2
3	Display Results	46	46	0.013	3538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	46	4.092	43668.4