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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “protectorate” 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
protectorate	16	5	351	(None)
protectorates	17	5	286	1	protectorates
protectoral	15	5	493	2	protectora_l
professorate	17	6	295	3	professorate
protector	13	16	953	3	protector___
protectories	16	5	682	3	protectories
protectors	14	20	1014	3	protector__s
protectory	17	15	748	3	protector__y
rectorate	11	4	1136	3	_r__ectorate
directorate	14	5	326	4	_directorate
doctorate	12	4	679	4	_do__ctorate
electorate	12	4	758	4	__electorate
expectorate	22	5	330	4	_expectorate
inspectorate	16	6	189	4	inspectorate
postdoctorate	18	7	116	4	postdoctorate
potentate	11	9	725	4	p_otent__ate
potentiate	12	11	589	4	p_otent_iate
prestorage	13	4	490	4	pr__estorage
professorates	18	6	235	4	professorates
professoriate	18	6	264	4	professoriate
projector	20	18	668	4	projector___
projectors	21	18	717	4	projector__s
prosector	13	20	853	4	prosector___
prosectors	14	19	912	4	prosector__s
prostrate	11	4	1248	4	pro__st_rate
protectant	14	4	691	4	protect__ant
protectants	15	5	436	4	protect_ants
protecter	13	17	910	4	protecter___
protecters	14	16	825	4	protecter__s
protective	17	4	842	4	protect__ive
protectorship	22	6	295	4	protectorship
protectress	15	5	313	4	protect_ress
protestor	11	17	849	4	protestor___
protestors	12	16	931	4	protestor__s
protonate	11	4	1257	4	pro___tonate
rectorates	12	4	1036	4	_r__ectorates
redecorate	13	4	614	4	_redec_orate

Search took 9 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	37	7.690	16227.6
3	Display Results	37	37	0.013	2846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	8.093	22079.7