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

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

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31 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
widths	13	3	512	(None)
width	12	3	1096	1	width_
airths	9	54	1425	2	airths
births	11	57	1360	2	births
fifths	15	40	654	2	fifths
filths	12	38	978	2	filths
firths	12	51	1350	2	firths
girths	10	56	1227	2	girths
kiths	12	58	1497	2	ki_ths
mirths	11	49	1299	2	mirths
ninths	9	3	693	2	ninths
piths	10	58	1754	2	pi_ths
sixths	16	41	637	2	sixths
tilths	9	45	937	2	tilths
whidahs	17	4	333	2	whidahs
widens	10	62	1272	2	widens
wides	9	48	3282	2	wid_es
widish	13	41	936	2	widish
widows	13	7	656	2	widows
wights	13	33	1578	2	wights
wilts	8	50	2350	2	wilt_s
wists	8	67	2852	2	wist_s
wites	8	55	3696	2	wi_tes
with	10	57	3047	2	wi_th_
withe	11	52	2023	2	wi_the
withes	12	46	2084	2	wi_thes
withy	14	48	1376	2	wi_thy
wits	7	60	4487	2	wi_t_s
worths	12	78	1289	2	worths
wraths	12	38	1008	2	wraths
yirths	12	63	953	2	yirths

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	31	2.470	33421.5
3	Display Results	31	31	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	31	2.830	63141.7