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

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

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33 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
thirty	12	37	840	(None)
shirty	12	43	1256	1	shirty
thirsty	13	5	408	1	thirsty
cherty	14	46	1247	2	cherty
chirpy	16	49	891	2	chirpy
chitty	14	32	943	2	chitty
dirty	9	56	1780	2	_dirty
flirty	12	49	914	2	flirty
shifty	15	40	926	2	shifty
shirt	8	45	3390	2	shirt_
shirts	9	49	1834	2	shirts
shitty	12	41	1006	2	shitty
shorty	12	43	1320	2	shorty
tarty	8	63	2818	2	t_arty
thinly	12	3	867	2	thinly
thir	7	64	2054	2	thir__
thiram	11	3	996	2	thiram
third	9	59	1249	2	thir_d
thirdly	14	4	463	2	thirdly
thirds	10	43	860	2	thirds
thirl	8	54	1682	2	thir_l
thirls	9	50	1206	2	thirls
thirst	9	3	1225	2	thirst
thirsts	10	3	624	2	thirsts
thistly	13	9	596	2	thistly
thorny	12	50	984	2	thorny
thrifty	16	3	419	2	thrifty
titty	8	53	1665	2	t_itty
twirly	12	42	708	2	twirly
twisty	12	42	686	2	twisty
whirly	15	44	886	2	whirly
whirry	15	47	706	2	whirry
whity	14	55	1347	2	whi_ty

Search took 3 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	33	2.546	32423.8
3	Display Results	33	33	0.016	2062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	33	2.922	61153.7