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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “harsher” 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
harsher	13	3	1036	(None)
harshen	13	3	928	1	harshen
archer	11	50	1624	2	_archer
basher	11	51	2381	2	ba_sher
brasher	12	45	1524	2	brasher
crasher	12	46	1616	2	crasher
dasher	10	43	1898	2	da_sher
farther	13	4	834	2	farther
gasher	10	43	2037	2	ga_sher
hamster	12	8	1042	2	hamster
harasser	11	3	704	2	harasser
harder	10	50	2240	2	har_der
hardier	11	47	2154	2	hardier
harmer	11	47	1955	2	har_mer
harper	11	50	1840	2	har_per
harrier	10	44	1776	2	harrier
harsh	11	64	1805	2	harsh__
harshens	14	3	760	2	harshens
harshest	14	3	1019	2	harshest
harshly	16	3	627	2	harshly
harslet	10	3	1565	2	harslet
hashed	13	60	2194	2	ha_shed
hashes	12	50	2480	2	ha_shes
hatcher	15	33	1472	2	hatcher
hawser	12	59	1084	2	haws_er
hoarser	10	38	839	2	hoars_er
horsier	10	30	1324	2	horsier
kasher	13	49	1503	2	ka_sher
lasher	9	48	2453	2	la_sher
marcher	14	39	1297	2	marcher
marshes	12	36	1537	2	marshes
marshier	13	3	759	2	marshier
masher	11	41	2320	2	ma_sher
parser	8	48	2237	2	pars_er
rasher	9	50	2412	2	ra_sher
tarsier	7	41	1925	2	tarsier
thrasher	14	5	574	2	thrasher
trasher	10	44	1613	2	trasher
warsler	10	28	989	2	warsler
washer	12	47	2039	2	wa_sher

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	40	4.533	23752.7
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	4.922	36304.6