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

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

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38 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
wildfowler	20	8	159	(None)
wildfowlers	21	13	156	1	wildfowlers
wildflower	20	11	275	2	wildflow_er
wildfowl	18	4	224	2	wildfowl__
wildfowls	19	5	208	2	wildfowl_s
widower	14	3	534	3	wi_d_ow_er
wildflowers	21	11	266	3	wildflow_ers
wildfowling	22	5	112	3	wildfowling
willower	14	12	746	3	wil_low_er
willowier	15	6	378	3	wil_lowier
willpower	17	7	319	3	willpow_er
windflower	20	13	301	3	windflow_er
windrower	16	4	423	3	windrow_er
batfowler	17	7	189	4	_batfowler
billowier	14	4	429	4	bil_lowier
biofouler	14	4	189	4	bi_ofouler
fowler	12	37	1258	4	____fowler
wallflower	19	5	254	4	wallflow_er
wallower	14	15	894	4	wal_low_er
waterfowler	20	5	231	4	waterfowler
widowed	15	3	484	4	wi_d_ow_ed
widowers	15	3	511	4	wi_d_ow_ers
wildcatter	16	5	146	4	wildcatter
wilder	10	36	1647	4	wild____er
wildfire	15	4	280	4	wildf_ire_
wildfires	16	4	283	4	wildf_ires
wildfowlings	23	6	71	4	wildfowlings
willer	9	40	2106	4	wil____ler
willowed	15	15	677	4	wil_low_ed
willowers	15	16	669	4	wil_low_ers
willpowers	18	4	289	4	willpow_ers
windflowers	21	11	275	4	windflow_ers
windhover	19	4	246	4	windho_ver
windowed	16	3	557	4	wind_ow_ed
windowless	17	4	235	4	wind_owless
windrowed	17	4	372	4	windrow_ed
windrowers	17	4	384	4	windrow_ers
winnower	14	4	425	4	wi_nnow_er

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	161450	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	161450	38	9.140	17664.1
3	Display Results	38	38	0.016	2375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	9.592	18629.2