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

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

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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
waylayers	18	4	294	(None)
waylayer	17	4	315	1	waylayer_
allayers	11	15	663	2	_allayers
naysayers	15	4	235	2	naysayers
wayfarers	18	4	262	2	wayfarers
waylays	16	3	467	2	waylay__s
allayer	10	14	821	3	_allayer_
arrayers	11	12	585	3	_arrayers
assayers	11	4	484	3	_assayers
belayers	13	29	814	3	_belayers
bilayers	13	29	692	3	_bilayers
caloyers	13	3	734	3	ca_loyers
delayers	12	26	866	3	_delayers
flayers	13	39	1203	3	__flayers
haylages	15	3	601	3	haylage_s
haymakers	21	10	455	3	haymakers
inlayers	11	3	564	3	_inlayers
kayakers	14	6	361	3	kay_akers
layers	9	39	2118	3	___layers
manslayers	15	4	268	3	manslayers
mislayers	14	4	594	3	mislayers
naysayer	14	4	258	3	naysayer_
palavers	13	3	799	3	pa_lavers
parleyers	14	4	471	3	parleyers
players	12	43	1376	3	__players
slayers	10	45	1332	3	__slayers
taxpayers	21	4	189	3	taxpayers
wailers	10	39	1681	3	wail__ers
walers	9	48	2449	3	wa_l__ers
walkers	14	34	1148	3	wa_l_kers
walleyes	14	3	560	3	walleye_s
wallopers	14	13	627	3	wallopers
wallowers	15	12	765	3	wallowers
wallpapers	17	4	265	3	wallpapers
waltzers	20	3	400	3	wa_ltzers
warmakers	18	4	563	3	warmakers
wayfarer	17	4	292	3	wayfarer_
waylay	15	3	545	3	waylay___
waylaying	19	5	310	3	waylaying
wayless	13	30	824	3	wayl__ess

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	40	6.750	22020.9
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	7.186	24866.5