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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
defangs	12	3	536	(None)
defang	11	3	775	1	defang_
dangs	7	56	2320	2	d__angs
deans	6	61	3139	2	de_an_s
debags	10	42	1106	2	deba_gs
decanes	10	31	1891	2	decanes
decants	10	35	1444	2	decants
dedans	8	59	1507	2	dedan_s
defaces	13	32	1340	2	defaces
defames	13	28	1225	2	defames
defanged	14	3	543	2	defanged
defats	10	51	1455	2	defa_ts
defends	12	35	877	2	defends
defines	11	41	1868	2	defines
defogs	11	5	668	2	def_ogs
defrags	12	3	619	2	defrags
defunds	12	37	675	2	defunds
demands	11	43	1141	2	demands
derange	9	3	981	2	derange
deranges	10	3	997	2	deranges
desands	9	48	1016	2	desands
dewans	10	52	1514	2	dewan_s
fangs	9	62	2407	2	__fangs
penangs	10	26	837	2	penangs
rehangs	11	3	756	2	rehangs

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	25	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.702	48268.8