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

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

27 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
defogs	11	5	668	(None)
befogs	12	4	645	1	befogs
defog	10	4	852	1	defog_
befog	11	5	901	2	befog_
debags	10	42	1106	2	debags
debugs	10	46	782	2	debugs
decors	9	40	1777	2	decors
decos	8	55	2212	2	deco_s
decoys	12	39	1128	2	decoys
defangs	12	3	536	2	defangs
defats	10	51	1455	2	defats
defers	10	51	1694	2	defers
defies	10	46	2405	2	defies
defis	9	67	1750	2	def_is
defoam	12	3	856	2	defoam
defoams	13	3	619	2	defoams
defocus	13	3	528	2	defocus
deform	12	5	962	2	deform
deforms	13	3	780	2	deforms
defrags	12	3	619	2	defrags
demobs	11	42	948	2	demobs
demons	9	49	1772	2	demons
demos	8	60	2299	2	demo_s
depots	9	47	1634	2	depots
devons	10	45	1225	2	devons
dogs	6	64	4015	2	d__ogs
fogs	8	70	3500	2	__fogs

Search took 3 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	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.470	33421.5
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.842	62875.1