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

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

17 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
defrag	11	3	646	(None)
defrags	12	3	619	1	defrags
defray	13	3	764	1	defray
beflag	12	6	588	2	beflag
debag	9	42	1230	2	de_bag
defang	11	3	775	2	defang
defat	9	54	2669	2	def_at
defeat	10	38	1716	2	defeat
defoam	12	3	856	2	defoam
defog	10	4	852	2	def_og
defraud	12	4	391	2	defraud
defrays	14	3	611	2	defrays
derat	6	50	4408	2	de_rat
deray	9	50	2418	2	de_ray
drag	6	48	2505	2	d__rag
frag	8	51	2627	2	__frag
reflag	10	9	808	2	reflag

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.156	38289.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.529	70656.8