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

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

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44 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
sharpen	12	38	972	(None)
shapen	11	44	1465	1	sha_pen
sharped	13	41	1205	1	sharped
sharpens	13	37	781	1	sharpens
sharper	12	43	1270	1	sharper
arpen	7	44	1804	2	__arpen
happen	13	48	1219	2	_happen
harden	10	57	1853	2	_harden
harken	13	51	1634	2	_harken
harped	12	44	1840	2	_harped
harper	11	50	1840	2	_harper
harpin	11	36	1438	2	_harpin
resharpen	14	4	342	2	resharpen
sarsen	6	3	1423	2	s_arsen
scarped	12	43	1440	2	scarped
scarper	11	48	1482	2	scarper
shagreen	12	4	344	2	shagreen
shaken	13	41	1361	2	sha_ken
shape	10	51	2511	2	sha_pe_
shaped	12	50	2010	2	sha_ped
shaper	11	41	1993	2	sha_per
shapes	11	51	2495	2	sha_pes
share	8	64	3708	2	shar_e_
shared	10	58	2906	2	shar_ed
sharer	9	50	2548	2	shar_er
shares	9	52	3641	2	shar_es
sharked	15	36	1391	2	sharked
sharker	14	43	1381	2	sharker
sharn	8	48	2370	2	shar__n
sharp	10	49	2253	2	sharp__
sharpened	15	4	448	2	sharpened
sharpener	14	4	458	2	sharpener
sharpers	13	38	1094	2	sharpers
sharpest	13	3	915	2	sharpest
sharpie	12	3	840	2	sharpie
sharpies	13	4	1123	2	sharpies
sharping	14	30	1137	2	sharping
sharply	15	40	683	2	sharply
sharps	11	55	1608	2	sharp_s
sharpy	14	52	1103	2	sharp_y
shaven	12	42	1330	2	sha_ven
shippen	14	29	886	2	shippen
shorten	10	35	1141	2	shorten
smarten	9	34	886	2	smarten

Search took 5 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	44	3.656	29450.5
3	Display Results	44	44	0.013	3384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	44	4.045	44175.8