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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “protectorates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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33 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
protectorates	17	5	286	(None)
protectorate	16	5	351	1	protectorate_
protectories	16	5	683	2	protector_ies
professorates	18	6	235	3	professorates
protectoral	15	5	493	3	protectora__l
protectors	14	20	1014	3	protector___s
rectorates	12	4	1037	3	_r__ectorates
directorates	15	5	301	4	_directorates
doctorates	13	4	621	4	_do__ctorates
electorates	13	4	748	4	__electorates
expectorates	23	5	300	4	_expectorates
inspectorates	17	6	169	4	inspectorates
potentates	12	10	633	4	p_otent__ates
potentiates	13	11	486	4	p_otent_iates
professorate	17	6	295	4	professorate_
professoriates	19	6	196	4	professoriates
projectors	21	18	717	4	projector___s
prosectors	14	19	912	4	prosector___s
prostrates	12	4	1199	4	pro__st_rates
protectants	15	5	436	4	protect__ants
protecters	14	16	826	4	protecter___s
protector	13	16	953	4	protector____
protectorship	22	6	295	4	protectorship
protectorships	23	6	287	4	protectorships
protectory	17	15	748	4	protector___y
protectress	15	5	313	4	protect_r_ess
protectresses	17	6	236	4	protectresses
protestors	12	16	931	4	protestor___s
prothoraces	18	5	525	4	prot__horaces
prothoraxes	23	5	451	4	prot__horaxes
protonates	12	4	1169	4	pro___tonates
rectorate	11	4	1137	4	_r__ectorate_
redecorates	14	6	568	4	_redec_orates

Search took 7 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	95024	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	33	5.876	16171.5
3	Display Results	33	33	0.013	2538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	33	6.232	28673.1