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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “paranormals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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36 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
paranormals	15	5	252	(None)
paranormal	14	5	390	1	paranormal_
paranormally	19	6	216	2	paranormally
abnormals	13	4	277	3	_a_bnormals
paraforms	16	4	558	3	paraform__s
paranoeas	11	4	753	3	parano_ea_s
paranoiacs	14	4	426	3	parano_iacs
paranoias	11	4	1045	3	parano_ia_s
paranoidal	13	5	490	3	paranoidal_
paranormality	20	6	175	3	paranormality
abnormal	12	4	409	4	_a_bnormal_
armorials	11	4	566	4	_ar_morials
normals	9	25	1090	4	____normals
panoramas	13	4	427	4	p__anoramas
parabolas	13	4	701	4	parabo_la_s
paradores	12	25	967	4	parador__es
paradors	11	34	1190	4	parador___s
parafoils	14	4	551	4	parafo__ils
paraform	15	4	694	4	paraform___
paralegals	13	5	376	4	para_legals
paramorphs	19	5	426	4	paramor_phs
paranoea	10	4	858	4	parano_ea__
paranoia	10	4	1057	4	parano_ia__
paranoiac	13	4	627	4	parano_ia_c
paranoically	19	5	655	4	paranoically
paranoics	13	4	766	4	parano__ics
paranoids	12	4	892	4	parano__ids
paranormalities	19	8	178	4	paranormal~~itie~~s
paranymphs	22	5	146	4	paran_ymphs
parapodial	15	5	491	4	parapodial_
parasols	10	3	927	4	paraso___ls
parazoans	20	4	561	4	parazo__ans
parrals	9	44	1457	4	par___r_als
pastorals	11	4	795	4	pa_stor_als
preformats	17	4	441	4	p_reformats
subnormals	14	5	262	4	_subnormals

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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	36	8.483	17543.2
3	Display Results	36	36	0.016	2250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	36	8.935	19999.0