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

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

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79 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
severity	14	4	697	(None)
celerity	13	4	764	2	celerity
inverity	14	4	796	2	inverity
legerity	12	4	571	2	legerity
reverify	17	4	481	2	reverify
security	13	4	669	2	security
serenity	11	6	896	2	serenity
seventy	13	3	803	2	seve_nty
severalty	15	4	407	2	severalty
severely	14	4	530	2	severely
severing	12	20	1385	2	severing
temerity	13	4	690	2	temerity
verity	12	37	1485	2	__verity
adversity	16	4	381	3	adversity
alterity	11	4	984	3	alterity
asperity	13	4	722	3	asperity
celebrity	16	4	360	3	celebrity
demerit	10	3	1499	3	demerit_
demerits	11	3	1076	3	demerits
dexterity	20	4	434	3	dexterity
diversity	16	4	521	3	diversity
eerily	9	29	1356	3	_e_erily
emerita	9	3	871	3	_emerita
emeriti	9	4	943	3	_emeriti
esterify	14	4	562	3	esterify
eternity	11	4	668	3	_eternity
evert	8	49	2951	3	_ever_t_
everts	9	45	1489	3	_ever_ts
every	11	52	1545	3	_ever__y
ferity	12	28	1334	3	__ferity
feterita	11	6	646	3	feterita
fevering	15	25	1008	3	fevering
feverish	17	4	541	3	feverish
heredity	15	4	649	3	heredity
leerily	10	3	763	3	le_erily
leveret	10	30	1400	3	leveret_
leverets	11	29	760	3	leverets
levering	12	22	1250	3	levering
levity	12	7	790	3	lev__ity
perversity	18	5	347	3	perversity
poverty	15	3	643	3	pover_ty
reverie	10	36	1516	3	reveri_e
reveries	11	25	1851	3	reveries
revering	12	29	1807	3	revering
revert	9	35	2911	3	rever_t_
reverts	10	47	1504	3	rever_ts
revery	12	40	1421	3	rever__y
savorily	14	4	504	3	savorily
sclerite	10	4	1071	3	sclerite
sedulity	12	4	584	3	sedulity
seedily	11	7	858	3	se_edily
selenite	8	17	1311	3	selenite
senility	11	3	968	3	senility
seniority	12	4	639	3	seniority
senorita	8	4	828	3	senorita
serosity	11	4	878	3	serosity
servility	15	4	585	3	servility
seventh	13	3	677	3	seve_nth
sever	8	54	2605	3	sever___
several	10	3	953	3	sever_al
severally	15	4	624	3	severally
severals	11	3	759	3	severals
severe	9	40	1608	3	sever__e
severed	11	35	1386	3	sever_ed
severer	10	35	1156	3	sever_er
severest	11	3	1032	3	severest
severities	13	4	851	3	severities
severs	9	41	2112	3	sever__s
sewering	12	24	1109	3	sewering
siderite	9	4	1136	3	siderite
sievert	10	6	1329	3	siever_t_
sieverts	11	4	571	3	siever_ts
sincerity	14	4	514	3	sincerity
sonority	11	4	853	3	sonority
sorority	11	4	690	3	sorority
supercity	16	4	881	3	supercity
verify	15	31	1016	3	__verify
verily	12	26	1605	3	__verily
verite	9	43	2344	3	__verite

Search took 8 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	79	7.186	20339.8
3	Display Results	79	79	0.033	2393.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	79	7.642	23382.8