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

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

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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
monastics	13	4	680	(None)
monastic	12	4	986	1	monastic_
mastics	11	26	1478	2	m__astics
monasticism	17	5	404	2	monasticism
monistic	12	3	1130	2	monistic_
monostich	16	4	600	2	monostich
monostichs	17	4	369	2	monostichs
agnostics	12	4	446	3	agnostics
clastics	12	28	1141	3	_clastics
domestics	14	4	610	3	domestics
dynastic	14	4	585	3	dynastic_
dynasties	13	4	406	3	dynasties
elastics	10	27	1088	3	_elastics
fanatics	13	6	718	3	fana_tics
fantastics	15	4	437	3	fantastics
gnostics	11	4	632	3	_gnostics
gymnastics	18	5	164	3	gymnastics
honesties	12	4	991	3	honesties
logistics	12	4	506	3	logistics
lunatics	10	4	547	3	luna_tics
mastic	10	31	1917	3	m__astic_
modesties	12	4	747	3	modesties
monacids	13	13	751	3	mona_cids
monadic	12	6	888	3	mona_dic_
monasteries	13	4	595	3	monasteries
monastery	14	4	437	3	monastery
monasticisms	18	5	333	3	monastic~~ism~~s
monazites	20	4	643	3	monazites
monists	9	36	1478	3	monist__s
monosomics	16	4	442	3	monosomics
monsters	10	33	1455	3	mon_sters
mosaics	11	3	807	3	mo__saics
mystics	14	27	910	3	m__ystics
nastic	8	29	1597	3	__nastic_
nasties	7	35	2049	3	__nasties
nonplastics	15	5	464	3	nonplastics
nonstick	14	4	759	3	non_stick
onomastics	14	5	385	3	onomastics
plastics	12	24	1233	3	_plastics
romantics	13	4	678	3	romantics
sonantic	10	4	827	3	sonantic_
spastics	12	3	750	3	_spastics
tonetics	10	4	894	3	ton_etics

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	43	6.716	22132.4
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	7.155	24974.3