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

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

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42 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
follows	13	40	992	(None)
fallows	13	37	1397	1	fallows
fellows	13	42	1243	1	fellows
follow	12	40	1035	1	follow_
hollows	13	44	1233	1	hollows
allows	9	45	1768	2	_allows
bellows	12	43	1330	2	bellows
billows	12	36	1129	2	billows
collops	11	26	1175	2	collops
dollops	10	28	796	2	dollops
fallow	12	47	1385	2	fallow_
felloes	10	41	1438	2	felloes
fellow	12	37	1274	2	fellow_
fillos	9	44	1508	2	fillo_s
flows	11	58	2236	2	f__lows
fogbows	16	4	385	2	fogbows
folios	9	39	1546	2	folio_s
folious	10	37	1073	2	folious
folles	9	38	2047	2	foll_es
follies	10	36	1894	2	follies
follis	9	31	1390	2	foll_is
followed	15	14	627	2	followed
follower	14	13	707	2	follower
followers	15	14	618	2	followers
followup	16	4	217	2	followup
followups	17	4	229	2	followups
gallows	11	35	1351	2	gallows
hallows	13	44	1739	2	hallows
holloas	10	38	1494	2	holloas
holloes	10	38	1819	2	holloes
holloos	10	40	1358	2	holloos
hollos	9	53	2063	2	hollo_s
hollow	12	42	1266	2	hollow_
lollops	9	22	744	2	lollops
mallows	12	37	1432	2	mallows
mellows	12	38	1223	2	mellows
pillows	12	26	1012	2	pillows
sallows	10	39	1555	2	sallows
tallows	10	33	1374	2	tallows
wallows	13	36	1353	2	wallows
willows	13	29	975	2	willows
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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	42	2.953	36461.6
3	Display Results	42	42	0.013	3230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	42	3.342	53468.3