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

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

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41 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
smearers	10	30	862	(None)
shearers	11	39	1132	1	shearers
smearer	9	41	1040	1	smearer_
spearers	10	37	1114	1	spearers
swearers	11	32	858	1	swearers
bearers	9	46	1959	2	_bearers
besmearers	14	4	283	2	besmearers
clearers	10	34	930	2	clearers
fearers	10	48	1527	2	_fearers
hearers	10	43	1978	2	_hearers
meaners	9	44	1524	2	_meaners
rearers	7	43	2356	2	_rearers
scarers	9	46	1851	2	s_carers
sealers	7	43	2355	2	s_ealers
seamers	9	47	1943	2	s_eamers
searer	6	54	3202	2	s_earer_
seaters	7	40	2894	2	s_eaters
sharers	10	47	2062	2	s_harers
shearer	10	44	1469	2	shearer_
smeared	10	45	1062	2	smeare_d
smearier	10	3	695	2	smearier_
smears	8	47	1443	2	smea__rs
smellers	10	32	977	2	smellers
smelters	10	33	1051	2	smelters
snarers	7	42	1666	2	s_narers
sneakers	12	30	864	2	sneakers
sneerers	8	30	980	2	sneerers
soarers	7	41	1809	2	s_oarers
sparers	9	45	1961	2	s_parers
speakers	14	29	945	2	speakers
spearer	9	39	1366	2	spearer_
squarers	17	33	802	2	squarers
starers	7	45	2231	2	s_tarers
stealers	8	34	1221	2	stealers
steamers	10	34	1087	2	steamers
steerers	8	25	1135	2	steerers
sugarers	9	3	630	2	sugarers
swearer	10	34	995	2	swearer_
sweaters	11	38	1106	2	sweaters
tearers	7	52	1823	2	_tearers
wearers	10	46	1590	2	_wearers

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	41	3.530	34294.3
3	Display Results	41	41	0.016	2562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	41	3.936	45399.1