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

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

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43 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
willows	13	29	975	(None)
billows	12	36	1129	1	billows
pillows	12	26	1012	1	pillows
wallows	13	36	1353	1	wallows
willow	12	36	969	1	willow_
willowy	16	27	635	1	willowy
allows	9	45	1768	2	_allows
bellows	12	43	1330	2	bellows
billons	9	30	1336	2	billons
billow	11	41	1122	2	billow_
billowy	15	36	690	2	billowy
fallows	13	37	1397	2	fallows
fellows	13	42	1243	2	fellows
fillos	9	44	1508	2	fillo_s
follows	13	40	992	2	follows
gallows	11	35	1351	2	gallows
hallows	13	44	1739	2	hallows
hilloas	10	44	1355	2	hilloas
hilloes	10	38	1596	2	hilloes
hillos	9	46	1889	2	hillo_s
hollows	13	44	1233	2	hollows
mallows	12	37	1432	2	mallows
mellows	12	38	1223	2	mellows
pillow	11	31	1057	2	pillow_
pillowy	15	31	642	2	pillowy
sallows	10	39	1555	2	sallows
swallows	14	29	589	2	swallows
tallows	10	33	1374	2	tallows
villous	10	28	1002	2	villous
wallops	12	34	1041	2	wallops
wallow	12	39	1351	2	wallow_
whitlows	17	4	308	2	whitlows
widows	13	7	656	2	wi_dows
willers	10	35	1791	2	willers
willets	10	44	1432	2	willets
willies	10	39	2015	2	willies
willowed	15	15	676	2	willowed
willower	14	12	745	2	willower
willowers	15	16	669	2	willowers
wills	8	45	2896	2	will__s
windows	14	4	774	2	windows
winnows	13	3	453	2	winnows
yellows	13	32	960	2	yellows

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	43	3.000	35890.3
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.156	56619.5