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

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

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42 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
playwear	16	4	210	(None)
player	11	52	1521	2	play_e_r
clawer	11	45	1278	3	cla_we_r
clayier	12	4	832	3	clayie_r
clayware	16	4	393	3	clayw_are
flayer	12	47	1356	3	flay_e_r
lawyer	12	38	697	3	_lawye_r
layer	8	46	2647	3	_lay_e_r
pawer	10	44	2297	3	p_a_we_r
payer	10	51	2572	3	p_ay_e_r
placer	10	51	1774	3	pla_ce_r
plaguer	10	32	827	3	plague_r
plainer	9	38	1198	3	plaine_r
plaiter	9	36	1539	3	plaite_r
planar	8	42	1271	3	pla__nar
planer	8	41	2265	3	pla_ne_r
planner	9	35	1162	3	planne_r
plantar	9	36	999	3	pla_ntar
planter	9	40	1780	3	plante_r
planular	10	4	475	3	planular
plasher	12	42	1503	3	plashe_r
plaster	9	33	1869	3	plaste_r
plateau	9	3	740	3	pla_teau
plater	8	44	2769	3	pla_te_r
platier	9	37	1629	3	platie_r
platter	9	39	1741	3	platte_r
playa	10	58	1294	3	play__a_
playas	11	46	1228	3	play__as
playday	16	4	382	3	play_day
played	12	48	1503	3	play_e_d
players	12	43	1376	3	play_ers
playgoer	14	4	353	3	playgoer
playless	13	3	486	3	playless
playlet	12	3	952	3	playle_t
playlets	13	3	490	3	playlets
playpen	14	3	469	3	plaype_n
playpens	15	3	407	3	playpens
plower	11	43	1506	3	pl_owe_r
plyer	10	62	1433	3	pl_y_e_r
prayer	11	48	1529	3	pray_e_r
psywar	14	4	332	3	p_syw_ar
slayer	9	39	1633	3	slay_e_r

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	146162	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	42	6.983	20931.1
3	Display Results	42	42	0.016	2625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	42	7.439	24020.8