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

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

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40 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
spirals	9	32	1251	(None)
spinals	9	39	1186	1	spinals
spiral	8	37	1534	1	spiral_
spitals	9	30	1159	1	spitals
apicals	11	5	992	2	apicals
espials	9	3	709	2	espi_als
pibals	10	38	1308	2	_pibals
pipals	10	42	1364	2	_pipals
sacrals	9	33	1179	2	sacrals
serials	7	39	1974	2	serials
sials	5	42	2724	2	s_i_als
sisals	6	30	1357	2	s_isals
skirls	10	44	982	2	skir_ls
spicas	10	47	1582	2	spica_s
spiels	8	53	1795	2	spi_els
spills	8	47	1746	2	spi_lls
spinal	8	49	1531	2	spinal_
spinels	9	45	1244	2	spinels
spiracle	12	5	580	2	spiracle
spiracles	13	4	566	2	spiracles
spiraea	9	40	798	2	spiraea
spiraeas	10	28	623	2	spiraeas
spiraled	11	3	773	2	spiraled
spirally	13	4	802	2	spirally
spirant	9	8	1429	2	spirant
spirants	10	8	828	2	spirants
spireas	9	44	1251	2	spireas
spirems	11	49	956	2	spirems
spires	8	46	2811	2	spir_es
spirits	9	41	1262	2	spirits
spirts	8	53	1713	2	spir_ts
spirula	9	25	770	2	spirula
spirulas	10	20	720	2	spirulas
spital	8	38	1387	2	spital_
sporal	8	29	1545	2	sporal_
sprags	9	57	1582	2	sp_rags
sprats	8	58	1993	2	sp_rats
sprawls	12	17	637	2	sp_rawls
sprays	11	59	1364	2	sp_rays
swirls	9	40	1013	2	swir_ls

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	40	3.330	32333.6
3	Display Results	40	40	0.013	3076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	3.763	47486.3