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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “softballers” 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
softballers	16	5	168	(None)
softballer	15	5	208	1	softballer_
footballers	16	5	223	2	footballers
softballs	14	4	377	2	softball__s
fastballers	16	5	174	3	fastballers
footballer	15	5	299	3	footballer_
softball	13	4	420	3	softball___
ballers	9	44	2101	4	____ballers
broomballers	18	6	109	4	broomballers
catcallers	14	4	380	4	_catcallers
controllers	13	4	478	4	controllers
fallers	10	39	1799	4	__f__allers
fastballer	15	5	198	4	fastballer_
fireballers	16	13	250	4	fireballers
footballs	14	4	536	4	football__s
hostellers	13	4	468	4	host_ellers
installers	10	4	363	4	inst_allers
nontalkers	14	4	414	4	nont_alkers
outbackers	18	4	346	4	_outbackers
potboilers	14	6	268	4	po_tboilers
signallers	11	4	284	4	s_ignallers
softbacks	20	4	388	4	softba__cks
softcovers	18	4	156	4	soft_covers
softeners	12	4	513	4	soft__eners
softwares	15	6	411	4	softwa_re_s
sourballs	11	4	523	4	sourball__s
spallers	10	29	1073	4	s___pallers
spitballs	13	4	407	4	spitball__s
squallers	18	3	468	4	s__quallers
stablers	10	36	1115	4	s__t_ablers
stalkers	12	36	985	4	s__t_alkers
staplers	10	31	1120	4	s__t_aplers
stealers	8	34	1221	4	s__tea_lers
stonewallers	15	5	161	4	stonewallers
strollers	9	3	755	4	s__trollers
victuallers	16	5	133	4	victuallers

Search took 10 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	36	9.330	15950.6
3	Display Results	36	36	0.016	2250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	36	9.766	18297.3