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

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

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45 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
proteus	9	25	1159	(None)
proteas	9	20	1512	1	proteas
pluteus	9	32	624	2	pluteus
porters	9	37	2270	2	porters
praters	9	49	2165	2	praters
prates	8	46	3316	2	prate_s
probers	11	35	1458	2	probers
probes	10	41	1945	2	probe_s
process	11	3	1040	2	process
proems	10	47	1116	2	pro_ems
profess	12	3	771	2	profess
projets	16	3	916	2	projets
prolegs	10	37	999	2	prolegs
proles	8	46	2720	2	prole_s
propels	11	34	1284	2	propels
propers	11	36	1903	2	propers
prosers	9	42	1964	2	prosers
proses	8	47	3347	2	prose_s
protea	8	22	1476	2	prote_a
protean	9	24	1219	2	protean
proteans	10	28	1154	2	proteans
protease	10	20	989	2	protease
protect	11	3	1363	2	protect
protects	12	3	974	2	protects
protege	10	5	915	2	protege
proteges	11	4	992	2	proteges
protei	8	26	1531	2	prote_i
proteid	10	35	1367	2	proteid
proteids	11	25	995	2	proteids
protein	9	24	1473	2	protein
proteins	10	21	1428	2	proteins
protend	10	40	1279	2	protend
protends	11	30	1035	2	protends
proteose	10	22	941	2	proteose
protest	9	3	1753	2	protest
protests	10	3	1049	2	protests
proteuses	11	23	899	2	proteuses
protium	11	3	1229	2	protium
protiums	12	3	856	2	protiums
protons	9	31	1800	2	protons
protyls	12	29	846	2	protyls
provers	12	38	1779	2	provers
proves	11	43	2225	2	prove_s
prowess	12	3	790	2	prowess
rotes	5	61	4390	2	_rote_s

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	45	2.920	36873.6
3	Display Results	45	45	0.033	1363.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	3.329	53677.1