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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “desertifying” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
desertifying	20	9	287	(None)
decertifying	22	9	279	1	decertifying
recertifying	21	8	323	2	recertifying
certifying	19	4	531	3	__certifying
demystifying	25	5	190	3	demystifying
denitrifying	20	6	266	3	denitrifying
desertified	16	5	410	3	desertif_ied
desertifies	15	4	470	3	desertif_ies
desertify	16	4	364	3	desertify___
deserting	11	7	1314	3	desert___ing
devitrifying	23	5	218	3	devitrifying
diversifying	23	5	216	3	diversifying
esterifying	18	7	369	3	_ester_ifying
refortifying	22	5	279	3	refortifying
retestifying	19	9	341	3	retestifying
reverifying	21	4	385	3	rever_ifying
testifying	17	4	540	3	tes__tifying

Search took 5 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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	17	3.910	24302.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.279	41760.0