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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “oranges” 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
oranges	8	42	1533	(None)
granges	9	35	1652	1	granges
orange	7	40	1632	1	orange_
orangey	11	38	883	1	orangey
orangs	7	41	1603	1	orang_s
ranges	7	38	2693	1	_ranges
arranges	9	3	941	2	arranges
borages	10	39	1716	2	bora_ges
boranes	9	37	2040	2	boran_es
changes	13	45	1758	2	changes
cranes	8	43	3075	2	cran_es
cringes	10	32	1550	2	cringes
deranges	10	3	997	2	deranges
flanges	11	34	1327	2	flanges
forages	11	42	1728	2	fora_ges
fringes	11	35	1410	2	fringes
grange	8	37	1620	2	grange_
granger	9	35	1421	2	granger
grangers	10	30	1197	2	grangers
grunges	9	33	1040	2	grunges
manges	9	46	2895	2	_manges
oraches	12	42	1647	2	oraches
oracles	9	32	1242	2	oracles
orang	6	51	1994	2	orang__
orangery	12	30	554	2	orangery
orangier	9	4	771	2	orangier
orangiest	10	3	846	2	orangiest
orangish	12	4	655	2	orangish
orangy	10	51	1123	2	orang_y
orates	6	43	2861	2	ora_tes
ourangs	8	31	850	2	ourang_s
outranges	10	25	1001	2	outranges
prances	11	36	1878	2	prances
pranged	11	45	1255	2	pranged
prangs	9	48	1623	2	prang_s
rages	6	45	3944	2	_ra_ges
rances	8	46	2544	2	_rances
ranees	6	46	2396	2	_ranees
range	6	47	2842	2	_range_
ranged	8	48	2432	2	_ranged
ranger	7	39	2553	2	_ranger
rangers	8	36	2104	2	_rangers
stranges	9	45	1676	2	stranges
trances	9	39	1964	2	trances
wrangles	12	3	747	2	wrangles
wrangs	10	46	1191	2	wrang_s

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	46	3.330	32333.6
3	Display Results	46	46	0.013	3538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	46	3.719	48048.1