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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “defences” 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.

24 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
defences	14	3	963	(None)
defence	13	3	989	1	defence_
defenced	15	3	720	1	defenced
defenses	12	3	791	1	defenses
refences	13	3	1184	1	refences
decencies	14	4	894	2	decencies
defaces	13	32	1340	2	def_aces
defects	13	45	1152	2	defe_cts
defended	14	3	722	2	defended
defender	13	3	729	2	defender
defenders	14	3	636	2	defenders
defends	12	35	877	2	defen_ds
defense	11	3	750	2	defense_
defensed	13	3	622	2	defensed
deferences	16	7	787	2	deferences
defiances	15	5	703	2	defiances
defines	11	41	1868	2	defin_es
deforces	14	24	840	2	deforces
detentes	9	27	1287	2	detentes
fences	11	46	1711	2	__fences
offences	16	4	502	2	offences
refence	12	3	1223	2	refence_
refenced	14	3	899	2	refenced
unfences	13	3	793	2	unfences

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.970	45010.3