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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “teasels” 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
teasels	7	43	1131	(None)
easels	6	59	1455	1	_easels
teasel	6	39	1498	1	teasel_
teasers	7	53	1724	1	teasers
teases	6	54	2627	1	tease_s
teazels	16	40	689	1	teazels
weasels	10	46	850	1	weasels
ceases	8	44	2707	2	cease_s
easel	5	45	2111	2	_easel_
eases	5	60	4161	2	_ease_s
feases	9	54	2292	2	fease_s
leasers	7	47	1784	2	leasers
leases	6	54	2811	2	lease_s
measles	9	24	1275	2	measles
peases	8	52	2947	2	pease_s
taels	5	68	2207	2	t_a_els
tassels	7	45	1085	2	tassels
teals	5	62	3413	2	tea__ls
tearers	7	52	1823	2	tearers
tease	5	54	2871	2	tease__
teased	7	47	2115	2	tease_d
teaseled	9	18	680	2	teaseled
teaseler	8	17	658	2	teaseler
teaselers	9	16	585	2	teaselers
teaser	6	54	2152	2	tease_r
teazel	15	36	854	2	teazel_
teazles	16	30	892	2	teazles
teels	5	57	2637	2	te__els
tensely	10	3	736	2	tensely
tenses	6	47	2255	2	tense_s
tercels	9	41	1036	2	tercels
tersely	10	3	811	2	tersely
texases	14	3	757	2	texase_s
tinsels	7	3	837	2	tinsels
tramels	9	38	1249	2	tramels
travels	10	47	1129	2	travels
tressels	8	36	765	2	tressels
vessels	10	3	593	2	vessels
weasel	9	34	1052	2	weasel_
weasely	13	31	785	2	weasely

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	40	4.060	26520.0
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	4.452	40137.2