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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

19 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
def	7	65	4672	(None)
de	3	70	4954	1	de_
deaf	8	58	3840	1	deaf
deb	6	63	4269	1	deb
dee	4	76	6582	1	dee
defi	8	63	2149	1	defi
deft	8	55	4022	1	deft
defy	11	49	2126	1	defy
del	4	67	5275	1	del
delf	8	54	3657	1	delf
den	4	75	5434	1	den
dev	7	60	3377	1	dev
dew	7	71	3992	1	dew
dex	11	69	3688	1	dex
dey	7	72	4337	1	dey
dif	7	68	4689	1	dif
ef	5	73	4536	1	_ef
kef	10	56	3966	1	kef
ref	6	60	5329	1	ref

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.060	2978183.3
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	19	0.080	64325.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	0.153	1167915.0