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

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

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44 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
spireas	9	44	1251	(None)
spiraeas	10	28	623	1	spiraeas
spirea	8	40	1563	1	spirea_
spirems	11	49	956	1	spirems
spires	8	46	2811	1	spire_s
aspirers	10	6	649	2	aspirers
aspires	9	6	1204	2	aspire_s
shires	9	52	2557	2	shire_s
sirees	6	46	2458	2	s_irees
sirens	6	53	1815	2	s_irens
sires	5	59	4537	2	s_ire_s
sirras	6	38	1486	2	s_irras
soirees	7	24	1164	2	soirees
sparers	9	45	1961	2	sparers
spares	8	48	3455	2	spare_s
spicas	10	47	1582	2	spi_cas
spicers	11	38	1555	2	spicers
spices	10	43	2603	2	spice_s
spiders	10	39	1441	2	spiders
spiels	8	53	1795	2	spi_els
spiers	8	44	2174	2	spi_ers
spies	7	60	3762	2	spi_e_s
spikers	13	53	1199	2	spikers
spikes	12	45	2071	2	spike_s
spiles	8	42	2791	2	spile_s
spinels	9	45	1244	2	spinels
spines	8	51	3203	2	spine_s
spinets	9	47	1481	2	spinets
spiraea	9	40	798	2	spiraea
spiral	8	37	1534	2	spir_al
spirals	9	32	1251	2	spirals
spire	7	58	2869	2	spire__
spired	9	49	2186	2	spire_d
spirem	10	42	1416	2	spire_m
spireme	11	47	836	2	spireme
spiremes	12	39	762	2	spiremes
spirits	9	41	1262	2	spirits
spirts	8	53	1713	2	spir_ts
spirulas	10	20	720	2	spirulas
spites	8	41	2733	2	spite_s
spores	8	47	2661	2	spore_s
spread	9	3	1253	2	sp_read
spreads	10	3	976	2	sp_reads
sprees	8	56	2064	2	sp_rees

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	44	3.376	31893.1
3	Display Results	44	44	0.016	2750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	44	3.765	47461.1