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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “painterly” 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
painterly	14	4	331	(None)
painter	9	38	1456	2	painter__
painters	10	30	1302	2	painter_s
pointedly	15	13	367	2	pointedly
printery	13	31	843	2	printer_y
winterly	14	30	674	2	_winterly
angerly	11	3	777	3	_a_ngerly
bankerly	17	4	433	3	ba_nkerly
bitterly	13	3	560	3	_bitterly
daintily	12	4	552	3	daint_ily
easterly	11	24	664	3	ea_sterly
fainter	10	36	1105	3	fainter__
fainters	11	34	969	3	fainter_s
faintly	13	3	708	3	faint__ly
gingerly	13	31	530	3	_gingerly
innerly	10	3	713	3	__innerly
interlay	11	3	1004	3	__interlay
jointedly	20	13	272	3	jointedly
latterly	11	3	606	3	la_tterly
mannerly	13	4	498	3	ma_nnerly
masterly	13	31	765	3	ma_sterly
painfully	17	4	418	3	painfully
painlessly	15	4	300	3	painlessly
paintable	13	3	724	3	paintable
paintball	13	4	266	3	paintball
painted	10	42	1463	3	painte__d
paintier	10	4	879	3	paintier__
painty	11	47	1475	3	paint___y
pantry	11	50	1410	3	pa_nt_r_y
pastorly	13	4	578	3	pa_storly
pinery	11	52	1429	3	p_in_er_y
pointelle	11	4	458	3	pointelle
pointer	9	38	1493	3	pointer__
pointers	10	30	1372	3	pointer_s
princely	15	4	515	3	prince_ly
printer	9	39	1730	3	printer__
printers	10	32	1490	3	printer_s
saintly	10	3	934	3	saint__ly
sisterly	11	4	633	3	_sisterly
spinsterly	15	5	200	3	spinsterly
splintery	14	26	479	3	splinter_y
wintery	13	39	975	3	_winter_y
writerly	14	4	415	3	wri_terly

Search took 9 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	43	7.593	19576.1
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	8.029	22255.7