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

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

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55 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
defaces	13	32	1340	(None)
deface	12	31	1386	1	deface_
defaced	14	29	1097	1	defaced
defacer	13	28	1036	1	defacer
defacers	14	23	799	1	defacers
defames	13	28	1225	1	defames
refaces	12	32	1674	1	refaces
bifaces	14	4	806	2	bifaces
daces	8	50	3068	2	d__aces
deaves	10	53	1953	2	de_aves
debacles	13	3	572	2	debacles
debases	10	38	1413	2	debases
debates	10	37	1853	2	debates
decades	11	36	1551	2	decades
decanes	10	31	1891	2	decanes
decares	10	28	1853	2	decares
deduces	11	6	879	2	deduces
defame	12	32	1243	2	defame_
defamed	14	30	983	2	defamed
defamer	13	27	1032	2	defamer
defamers	14	25	852	2	defamers
defangs	12	3	536	2	defangs
defats	10	51	1455	2	defa_ts
defects	13	45	1152	2	defects
defences	14	3	963	2	defences
defiances	15	5	703	2	defiances
defies	10	46	2405	2	def_ies
defiles	11	40	1684	2	defiles
defines	11	41	1868	2	defines
deflates	12	30	1394	2	deflates
defocus	13	3	528	2	defocus
deforces	14	24	840	2	deforces
defuses	11	48	1459	2	defuses
defuzes	20	39	830	2	defuzes
degames	11	33	1262	2	degames
degases	9	34	1310	2	degases
deices	9	41	1937	2	de_ices
dekares	12	27	1087	2	dekares
delates	8	35	2628	2	delates
derates	8	40	2889	2	derates
detaches	14	3	965	2	detaches
deuces	9	40	1551	2	de_uces
devices	13	32	1258	2	devices
dewaxes	18	29	784	2	dewaxes
dogfaces	15	5	414	2	dogfaces
effaces	15	27	727	2	effaces
enfaces	12	21	1091	2	enfaces
faces	10	64	3943	2	__faces
menaces	11	27	1552	2	menaces
peaces	10	63	2408	2	pe_aces
prefaces	15	3	1106	2	prefaces
reface	11	36	1635	2	reface_
refaced	13	37	1357	2	refaced
relaces	9	34	2088	2	relaces
tenaces	9	28	1451	2	tenaces

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	55	3.170	33965.6
3	Display Results	55	55	0.016	3437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	3.562	50165.9