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

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

16 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
defensing	14	21	700	(None)
defencing	16	22	669	1	defencing
defending	15	29	835	1	defending
deafening	14	7	627	2	deafen_ing
deceasing	13	3	840	2	deceasing
defanging	15	3	533	2	defanging
defeating	14	23	1197	2	defeating
defecting	16	25	1022	2	defecting
defensive	16	4	499	2	defensive
deferring	14	3	614	2	deferring
defining	13	37	1180	2	defin_ing
defunding	15	21	612	2	defunding
defusing	13	22	793	2	def_using
dementing	13	3	1104	2	dementing
depending	14	20	878	2	depending
refencing	15	18	885	2	refencing

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	121436	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.173	38271.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.609	49512.6