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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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20 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
defecates	15	3	859	(None)
defecate	14	3	879	1	defecate_
defecated	16	3	749	1	defecated
deaerates	10	3	1364	2	deaerates
dedicates	13	3	1169	2	dedicates
defalcates	16	4	454	2	defalcates
defeated	13	28	1216	2	defe_ated
defeater	12	26	1166	2	defe_ater
defeaters	13	28	910	2	defe_aters
defeats	11	35	1123	2	defe_at_s
defecator	15	4	638	2	defecator
defecators	16	5	625	2	defecators
defected	15	28	997	2	defec_ted
defects	13	45	1152	2	defec_t_s
deflates	12	30	1394	2	def_lates
delectates	13	4	819	2	delectates
delegates	11	3	984	2	delegates
delicates	12	3	1431	2	delicates
deprecates	15	4	729	2	deprecates
desecrates	13	4	884	2	desecrates

Search took 5 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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	3.623	33518.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.999	44683.9