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

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

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55 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
altered	8	32	1575	(None)
alterer	7	27	1401	1	alterer
faltered	12	28	1100	1	faltered
haltered	12	31	1257	1	haltered
paltered	11	30	1250	1	paltered
adhered	12	3	923	2	adhered
alerted	8	25	1223	2	al_erted
aliened	8	10	1174	2	aliened
alleged	9	38	932	2	alleged
allured	8	29	917	2	allured
alter	5	48	2850	2	alter__
alterers	8	25	1250	2	alterers
alters	6	49	2422	2	alter_s
angered	9	30	1347	2	angered
anteed	7	56	1611	2	ante_ed
antired	8	23	1619	2	antired
antlered	9	3	826	2	antlered
attired	8	23	891	2	attired
bantered	11	33	1365	2	bantered
bartered	11	31	1303	2	bartered
battered	11	33	1507	2	battered
cantered	11	34	1599	2	cantered
catered	10	31	1778	2	catered
entered	8	27	1888	2	entered
falterer	11	23	987	2	falterer
filtered	12	25	904	2	filtered
fleered	11	30	950	2	fleered
gartered	10	31	960	2	gartered
haltere	10	36	1471	2	haltere_
halteres	11	34	1460	2	halteres
lagered	9	23	1115	2	lagered
latened	8	7	1192	2	latened
laterad	8	3	1085	2	laterad
lathered	12	15	1233	2	lathered
layered	11	25	941	2	layered
leered	7	38	1622	2	_leered
mastered	11	26	1401	2	mastered
mattered	11	24	1291	2	mattered
metered	10	35	1401	2	metered
mitered	10	32	1323	2	mitered
nattered	9	20	1163	2	nattered
palterer	10	24	1129	2	palterer
pattered	11	27	1421	2	pattered
peltered	11	25	1045	2	peltered
petered	10	33	1497	2	petered
raftered	12	3	767	2	raftered
realtered	10	3	790	2	realtered
tattered	9	20	1145	2	tattered
ulcered	10	3	797	2	ulcered
unaltered	10	3	773	2	unaltered
uttered	8	27	1244	2	uttered
waitered	12	3	876	2	waitered
watered	11	30	1496	2	watered
weltered	12	23	844	2	weltered
yattered	12	23	954	2	yattered

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	55	3.390	31761.4
3	Display Results	55	55	0.033	1666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	3.846	46461.5