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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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26 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
nelsons	7	3	800	(None)
kelsons	11	3	732	1	kelsons
nelson	6	3	842	1	nelson_
telsons	7	3	922	1	telsons
belons	8	41	1941	2	bel_ons
bolsons	9	6	948	2	bolsons
felons	9	36	1576	2	fel_ons
keelsons	12	4	409	2	keelsons
kelson	10	3	815	2	kelson_
lessons	7	38	1102	2	lessons
melons	8	41	1771	2	mel_ons
meltons	9	4	1092	2	meltons
mesons	8	32	1584	2	me_sons
nektons	11	3	639	2	nektons
neocons	9	3	691	2	neocons
neons	5	58	1868	2	ne__ons
neurons	7	4	1044	2	neurons
neustons	8	3	683	2	neustons
newtons	10	3	681	2	newtons
nylons	9	26	797	2	nyl_ons
persons	9	37	1701	2	persons
reasons	7	25	1494	2	reasons
seasons	7	26	1423	2	seasons
selsyns	10	9	294	2	selsyns
telson	6	3	1029	2	telson_
weasons	10	23	1058	2	weasons

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	107671	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	26	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	3.279	54495.6