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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “defoliant” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

21 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
defoliant	13	4	520	(None)
defoliants	14	4	293	1	defoliants
defiant	11	3	1192	2	def__iant
defoliate	13	4	699	2	defoliate
exfoliant	19	5	310	2	exfoliant
aeolian	7	3	862	3	ae_olian_
defendant	14	4	544	3	defendant
deficient	15	4	702	3	deficient
defiling	13	28	1246	3	defili_ng
defoliated	15	4	583	3	defoliated
defoliates	14	4	633	3	defoliates
defoliating	16	4	582	3	defoliating
defoliator	14	4	418	3	defoliator
demonian	11	4	771	3	demonian_
detoxicant	20	5	348	3	detoxicant
deviant	11	3	1131	3	de__viant
devonian	12	4	481	3	devonian_
eolian	6	3	1259	3	_e_olian_
exfoliants	20	5	200	3	exfoliants
negotiant	10	4	525	3	negotiant
reliant	7	3	1924	3	re__liant

Search took 7 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	6.436	23095.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.875	25991.4