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

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

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52 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
deface	12	31	1386	(None)
defaced	14	29	1097	1	defaced
defacer	13	28	1036	1	defacer
defaces	13	32	1340	1	defaces
defame	12	32	1243	1	defame
reface	11	36	1635	1	reface
biface	13	5	810	2	biface
dace	7	69	3492	2	d__ace
deave	9	50	2233	2	de_ave
debacle	12	3	744	2	debacle
debase	9	40	1447	2	debase
debate	9	44	1919	2	debate
decade	10	42	1616	2	decade
decane	9	38	1887	2	decane
decare	9	39	1915	2	decare
deduce	10	7	925	2	deduce
defacers	14	23	799	2	defacers
defamed	14	30	983	2	defamed
defamer	13	27	1032	2	defamer
defames	13	28	1225	2	defames
defang	11	3	775	2	defang
defat	9	54	2669	2	defa_t
defats	10	51	1455	2	defats
defect	12	48	1617	2	defect
defence	13	3	989	2	defence
defiance	14	7	763	2	defiance
defile	10	52	1666	2	defile
define	10	47	1814	2	define
deflate	11	36	1394	2	deflate
deforce	13	26	724	2	deforce
defuse	10	57	1272	2	defuse
defuze	19	48	784	2	defuze
degage	9	27	1138	2	degage
degame	10	27	1318	2	degame
deice	8	43	2003	2	de_ice
dekare	11	28	1156	2	dekare
delate	7	38	2775	2	delate
derate	7	45	3123	2	derate
detach	12	3	1041	2	detach
deuce	8	45	1749	2	de_uce
device	12	45	1216	2	device
dogface	14	5	405	2	dogface
efface	14	36	667	2	efface
enface	11	25	1035	2	enface
face	9	61	4012	2	__face
menace	10	32	1694	2	menace
peace	9	50	2608	2	pe_ace
preface	14	5	1092	2	preface
refaced	13	37	1357	2	refaced
refaces	12	32	1674	2	refaces
relace	8	31	2215	2	relace
tenace	8	27	1569	2	tenace

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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	52	2.216	37252.3
3	Display Results	52	52	0.016	3250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	2.578	69313.8