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

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

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40 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
cowardly	17	4	409	(None)
towardly	15	4	365	1	towardly
coward	12	4	1167	2	coward__
cowards	13	3	961	2	coward_s
cowedly	16	3	570	2	cow_edly
dotardly	13	4	384	2	dotardly
forwardly	19	4	275	2	forwardly
frowardly	19	6	230	2	frowardly
inwardly	15	4	378	2	inwardly
upwardly	17	4	279	2	upwardly
awkwardly	23	5	164	3	awkwardly
backwardly	25	5	257	3	backwardly
charily	15	3	1028	3	c_harily
clearly	12	3	666	3	clear_ly
coaly	10	55	2159	3	co_a__ly
coarsely	13	3	553	3	co_arsely
coldly	12	45	995	3	co__ldly
comradely	17	8	348	3	comradely
courtly	12	5	692	3	co_urtly
covary	14	3	874	3	covar__y
covertly	16	5	576	3	covertly
cowardice	17	4	242	3	cowardice
cowry	13	55	1248	3	cow_r__y
crowdedly	19	4	230	3	crowdedly
downwardly	21	5	156	3	downwardly
hardly	13	51	1283	3	__hardly
hoarily	13	3	897	3	ho_arily
leewardly	16	10	210	3	leewardly
lordly	10	3	875	3	lo__rdly
outwardly	16	4	306	3	outwardly
thwartly	17	4	270	3	thwartly
toward	10	3	1106	3	toward__
towards	11	3	878	3	toward_s
untowardly	17	5	166	3	untowardly
unwarily	14	4	636	3	unwarily
waddly	14	47	872	3	__waddly
warily	12	29	1509	3	__warily
warmly	14	22	806	3	__warmly
waywardly	22	5	188	3	waywardly
wizardly	24	5	257	3	wizardly

Search took 8 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	40	7.453	19611.2
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	7.892	22642.0