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

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

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42 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
colorway	16	4	449	(None)
colorways	17	4	372	1	colorways
colorman	12	4	789	2	colorman
doorway	14	4	424	2	do_orway
motorway	16	4	350	2	motorway
calory	11	3	1284	3	calor__y
cellarway	17	5	220	3	cellarway
chloral	12	16	998	3	chlor_al
chlordan	14	4	549	3	chlordan
cogway	15	6	618	3	c__ogway
colonial	10	4	1134	3	colonial
colony	11	54	1727	3	colo__ny
color	7	61	2374	3	color___
colorably	16	4	615	3	colorably
colorado	11	4	593	3	colorado
colorant	10	4	1472	3	colorant
colorcast	13	4	655	3	colorcast
colored	10	3	1347	3	color_ed
coloreds	11	3	809	3	coloreds
colorer	9	3	1252	3	color_er
colorers	10	3	1218	3	colorers
colorfast	14	4	503	3	colorfast
colorful	13	4	441	3	colorful
coloring	11	4	1485	3	coloring
colorism	12	21	1243	3	colorism
colorist	10	28	1899	3	colorist
colorize	19	23	1420	3	colorize
colormen	12	4	724	3	colormen
colors	8	66	2237	3	color__s
colossal	10	4	556	3	colossal
colotomy	15	4	540	3	colotomy
doorways	15	4	404	3	do_orways
floodway	18	4	268	3	floodway
foldaway	18	4	243	3	foldaway
folkway	20	4	335	3	fol_kway
footway	16	3	525	3	fo_otway
hooray	12	30	1137	3	ho_or_ay
logway	13	3	591	3	__logway
motorways	17	4	287	3	motorways
rollaway	14	4	326	3	rollaway
rollway	13	4	465	3	rol_lway
tollway	13	4	479	3	tol_lway

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	146162	0.483	369960.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	42	7.110	20557.2
3	Display Results	42	42	0.016	2625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	42	7.609	23484.2