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

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

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67 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
described	15	4	495	(None)
describe	13	4	624	1	describe_
describer	14	4	461	1	describer
describes	14	4	600	1	describes
descried	12	4	807	1	descri_ed
ascribed	13	7	469	2	_ascribed
decried	11	26	1285	2	de_cri_ed
describers	15	4	358	2	describers
descrier	11	5	762	2	descri_er
descries	11	3	1192	2	descri_es
desorbed	12	3	644	2	desor_bed
inscribed	14	4	421	2	inscribed
prescribed	17	10	537	2	prescribed
redescribed	17	5	232	2	redescribed
scribed	12	45	1064	2	__scribed
ascribe	11	4	774	3	_ascribe_
ascribes	12	4	619	3	_ascribes
becrimed	15	6	551	3	be_crimed
conscribed	17	4	396	3	conscribed
debrided	13	3	658	3	de_brided
deceived	15	3	589	3	de_ceived
decibel	12	3	599	3	de_c_ibel
decided	12	43	1242	3	de_c_ided
declined	12	39	1088	3	de_clined
decreed	11	27	1025	3	de_cr_eed
decrier	10	27	1355	3	de_cri_er
decries	10	33	1980	3	de_cri_es
demerited	13	3	907	3	demerited
deprived	15	4	646	3	de_prived
derided	10	29	1425	3	de__rided
derived	12	39	1276	3	de__rived
descanted	13	3	667	3	descanted
descended	14	4	628	3	descended
describing	16	4	507	3	describing
descriers	12	4	569	3	descriers
desecrated	14	4	795	3	desecrated
deserted	10	10	1220	3	deser_ted
deserved	13	10	813	3	deser_ved
desired	9	3	1198	3	des__ired
despaired	13	4	450	3	despaired
despised	12	3	692	3	des_pised
despited	12	4	832	3	des_pited
despoiled	13	4	465	3	despoiled
destained	11	5	825	3	destained
destined	10	33	1245	3	des_tined
destrier	9	3	1182	3	destri_er
destroyed	14	4	508	3	destroyed
disprized	22	4	736	3	disprized
disrobed	12	3	809	3	dis_robed
escrowed	14	3	465	3	_escrowed
inscribe	12	4	569	3	inscribe_
inscriber	13	4	386	3	inscriber
inscribes	13	4	520	3	inscribes
misdescribed	20	6	165	3	~~mis~~described
prescribe	15	10	667	3	prescribe_
prescriber	16	8	488	3	prescriber
prescribes	16	10	628	3	prescribes
proscribed	17	8	381	3	proscribed
redescribe	15	5	286	3	redescribe_
redescribes	16	5	285	3	redescribes
resorbed	11	3	853	3	resor_bed
scribe	10	46	1353	3	__scribe_
scriber	11	39	1097	3	__scriber
scribes	11	37	1320	3	__scribes
scried	9	58	1730	3	__scri_ed
scrived	13	45	1111	3	__scrived
subscribed	17	4	382	3	subscribed

Search took 9 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	67	7.843	18952.1
3	Display Results	67	67	0.033	2030.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	8.299	21531.6