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

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

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37 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
protractor	14	4	626	(None)
protractors	15	4	662	1	protractors
propraetor	14	5	412	2	propraetor
protector	13	16	953	2	prot_ector
protract	12	5	1060	2	protract__
protracted	15	4	576	2	protracted
protraction	15	4	721	2	protraction
protracts	13	4	702	2	protract_s
retractor	11	21	851	2	_retractor
abstractor	14	4	438	3	abstractor
attractor	11	4	582	3	_attractor
contractor	14	4	907	3	contractor
detractor	12	14	721	3	_detractor
extractor	18	4	672	3	_extractor
perorator	11	4	974	3	pero_ra_tor
procreator	14	6	574	3	procreator
proctor	11	3	1043	3	pro___ctor
procurator	14	4	551	3	procura_tor
projector	20	18	668	3	pro_jector
pronator	10	3	1178	3	pro_na_tor
propraetors	15	5	418	3	propraetors
propretor	13	4	553	3	propr_etor
proprietor	14	5	448	3	proprietor
prosector	13	20	853	3	pro_sector
prospector	16	4	436	3	prospector
protecter	13	17	910	3	prot_ecter
protectors	14	20	1014	3	prot_ectors
protectory	17	15	748	3	prot_ectory
protestor	11	17	849	3	prot_estor
protractile	15	5	410	3	protractile
protracting	16	4	693	3	protracting
protractions	16	4	664	3	protractions
protractive	18	5	563	3	protractive
refractor	14	15	632	3	_refractor
retractors	12	15	858	3	_retractors
rotator	7	3	1083	3	_rot_a_tor
tractor	9	3	1133	3	___tractor

Search took 7 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	140603	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	37	5.906	23806.8
3	Display Results	37	37	0.016	2312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	6.325	28251.5