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

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

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43 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
nairus	6	3	914	(None)
nairas	6	3	1277	1	nairas
nairu	5	4	1381	1	nairu_
airbus	8	4	834	2	_airbus
airns	5	55	2103	2	_airns
airs	4	64	4742	2	_air_s
airts	5	56	2634	2	_airts
animus	8	42	1161	2	animus
bairns	8	67	1087	2	bairns
cairds	9	64	1151	2	cairds
cairns	8	53	1330	2	cairns
chirus	11	46	1569	2	chirus
fairs	8	58	2544	2	fair_s
haikus	13	53	829	2	haikus
hairs	8	62	2517	2	hair_s
jabirus	16	9	457	2	jabirus
lairds	7	47	1161	2	lairds
lairs	5	54	2587	2	lair_s
mairs	7	62	2829	2	mair_s
nacres	8	56	1445	2	nacres
nadirs	7	10	900	2	nadir_s
naevus	9	3	459	2	naevus
naiads	7	3	901	2	naiads
naifs	8	76	1742	2	nai_fs
nails	5	57	3040	2	nai_ls
naira	5	3	1474	2	nair_a
naives	9	49	1422	2	naives
narcs	7	61	2202	2	na_rcs
nards	6	59	2846	2	na_rds
nares	5	55	4415	2	na_res
naris	5	57	3529	2	na_ris
narks	9	60	2603	2	na_rks
nidus	6	59	1357	2	n_idus
nisus	5	60	1439	2	n_isus
noirs	5	56	1546	2	noir_s
pairs	7	53	2583	2	pair_s
vairs	8	50	1913	2	vair_s
varus	8	59	2118	2	va_rus
virus	8	53	1684	2	_virus
wairs	8	64	2406	2	wair_s
walrus	9	5	643	2	walrus
yairds	10	44	802	2	yairds
zaires	15	3	970	2	zaires

Search took 4 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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	43	2.983	27673.8
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.122	57236.1