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

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

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65 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
decimeter	14	14	741	(None)
decameter	14	13	736	1	decameter
decimeters	15	15	668	1	decimeters
decimetre	14	12	530	1	decimetre
decameters	15	15	659	2	decameters
deciliter	12	4	703	2	deciliter
decimate	13	4	1112	2	decimate_
decimated	15	4	895	2	decimated
decimates	14	4	1069	2	decimates
decimator	14	4	773	2	decimator
decimetres	15	13	504	2	decimetres
dekameter	16	13	510	2	dekameter
delimiter	12	4	624	2	delimiter
dimeter	10	4	1189	2	d__imeter
dosimeter	12	4	536	2	dosimeter
perimeter	13	4	956	2	perimeter
aerometer	11	4	1020	3	aerometer
altimeter	11	4	661	3	altimeter
centimeter	14	4	500	3	centimeter
dasymeter	15	5	350	3	dasymeter
decaliter	12	4	798	3	decaliter
decanter	11	25	1079	3	dec_anter
decenter	11	24	1216	3	dec_enter
decider	11	42	1318	3	deci__der
deciliters	13	4	517	3	deciliters
decilitre	12	4	501	3	decilitre
decimators	15	4	750	3	decimators
decipher	16	4	442	3	deci_pher
decipherer	18	5	242	3	decipherer
decreer	10	26	912	3	dec_re_er
deemster	11	7	571	3	de_emster
dekameters	17	16	486	3	dekameters
dekametre	16	13	358	3	dekametre
delighter	14	4	558	3	delighter
delimited	13	4	659	3	delimited
delimiters	13	4	510	3	delimiters
deliverer	13	4	450	3	deliverer
demister	11	3	1022	3	demi_ster
depicter	13	5	685	3	depi_cter
depleter	11	29	886	3	de_pleter
diameter	11	4	806	3	d_iameter
dieter	7	35	1677	3	d__i_eter
dimeters	11	4	1109	3	d__imeters
documenter	15	5	328	3	documenter
dosimeters	13	4	511	3	dosimeters
durometer	12	4	644	3	durometer
dynameter	15	4	407	3	dynameter
geometer	11	3	842	3	ge_ometer
hectometer	17	4	641	3	hectometer
heliometer	15	4	630	3	heliometer
hexameter	21	4	485	3	hexameter
lysimeter	14	4	355	3	lysimeter
oximeter	17	5	515	3	_oximeter
pedometer	14	4	773	3	pedometer
perimeters	14	4	860	3	perimeters
picometer	15	4	891	3	picometer
reciter	9	41	1726	3	reci__ter
salimeter	11	5	737	3	salimeter
scimetar	12	4	404	3	_scimetar
scimiter	12	3	614	3	_scimiter
secreter	10	3	851	3	sec_reter
taximeter	18	4	441	3	taximeter
telemeter	11	4	728	3	telemeter
trimeter	10	3	1008	3	_trimeter
velocimeter	18	5	194	3	velocimeter

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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	65	7.466	19909.1
3	Display Results	65	65	0.033	1969.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	65	7.905	22604.8