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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “polychaetes” 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
polychaetes	21	5	346	(None)
polychaete	20	5	344	1	polychaete_
polychetes	20	4	510	1	polych_etes
polychete	19	5	516	2	polych_ete_
polychromes	23	5	404	3	polychromes
polyphagies	22	6	369	3	polyphagies
polythenes	18	6	546	3	polyth_enes
colocates	13	3	1285	4	coloc_a_tes
lychees	15	51	678	4	__lych_e_es
molybdates	18	5	211	4	molybda_tes
oligochaetes	18	6	127	4	_oligochaetes
placates	12	3	1176	4	p_lac_a_tes
polecats	12	4	883	4	polec_a_t_s
pollenates	12	4	674	4	pollena_tes
pollinates	12	4	730	4	pollina_tes
polycarpies	20	5	409	4	polycarpies
polychrome	22	6	408	4	polychrome_
polychromed	24	5	298	4	polychromed
polychromies	24	5	356	4	polychromies
polycots	15	4	776	4	polyc__ot_s
polyenes	13	5	1006	4	poly___enes
polygamies	18	8	585	4	poly_gamies
polygenes	15	5	750	4	poly__genes
polygeneses	17	5	458	4	polygeneses
polymaths	19	6	520	4	poly_ma_ths
polyparies	17	4	783	4	poly_paries
polyphagias	22	6	285	4	polyphagias
polyphagous	22	8	264	4	polyphagous
polyphase	19	4	509	4	polypha_se_
polyphones	20	4	696	4	polyph_ones
polyphonies	21	5	536	4	polyphonies
polythene	17	6	504	4	polyth_ene_
polywater	17	7	478	4	poly_wa_ter
polywaters	18	7	432	4	poly_waters
polyzoaries	25	5	370	4	polyzoaries
posthastes	15	4	627	4	po_sthastes
spirochaetes	19	6	157	4	spirochaetes

Search took 10 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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	37	9.093	16366.3
3	Display Results	37	37	0.016	2312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	9.545	18720.9