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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “zephyrs” 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
zephyrs	24	4	194	(None)
zephyr	23	4	208	1	zephyr_
ephors	11	3	1140	2	_ephors
aethers	10	36	1494	3	aethers
alphyls	15	11	395	3	alphyls
ciphers	14	37	999	3	ciphers
cyphers	17	31	675	3	cyphers
ephahs	14	3	550	3	_ephahs
ephas	10	3	1154	3	_eph_as
ephods	12	3	836	3	_ephods
ephor	10	3	1001	3	_ephor_
ephori	11	3	960	3	_ephori
ethers	9	45	1841	3	_ethers
ethyls	12	3	590	3	_ethyls
gophers	13	3	898	3	gophers
lechers	12	33	1396	3	lechers
lehrs	8	61	1113	3	le_h_rs
lepers	8	48	1732	3	lep_ers
menhirs	12	3	591	3	menhirs
methyls	15	3	545	3	methyls
nephews	15	3	332	3	nephews
peppers	10	33	1144	3	peppers
repairs	9	31	997	3	repairs
repays	11	38	1397	3	repay_s
repours	9	3	1023	3	repours
senhors	10	35	1213	3	senhors
sepoys	11	3	847	3	sepoy_s
syphers	15	31	727	3	syphers
telphers	13	3	547	3	telphers
tephra	11	3	648	3	teph_ra
tephras	12	3	628	3	tephras
tepoys	11	3	754	3	tepoy_s
tethers	10	38	1531	3	tethers
wethers	13	52	1469	3	wethers
zappers	20	39	1163	3	zappers
zechins	21	13	712	3	zechins
zeps	15	60	1934	3	zep___s
zesters	16	35	1729	3	zesters
zippers	20	33	1038	3	zippers
zithers	19	39	1197	3	zithers

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	134027	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	40	7.016	19103.1
3	Display Results	40	40	0.013	3076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	7.529	23733.7