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

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

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70 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
deferment	15	12	1030	(None)
deferent	12	27	1287	1	defer_ent
deferments	16	12	858	1	deferments
determent	12	13	1290	1	determent
debarment	14	4	779	2	debarment
decrement	14	4	1105	2	decrement
deferents	13	26	939	2	defer_ents
detergent	11	12	957	2	detergent
determents	13	10	1031	2	determents
deterrent	10	12	894	2	deterrent
ferment	12	3	1557	2	__ferment
preferment	17	4	632	2	preferment
referent	11	28	1342	2	refer_ent
afferent	14	4	798	3	affer_ent
averment	13	3	1160	3	_averment
besetment	13	4	695	3	besetment
betterment	14	4	633	3	betterment
cerement	12	3	1513	3	cere_ment
conferment	17	4	1037	3	conferment
debarments	15	4	585	3	debarments
decedent	12	3	1021	3	dece_dent
decrements	15	4	938	3	decrements
decurrent	12	5	645	3	decurrent
defacement	18	4	700	3	defacement
defendant	14	4	544	3	defendant
deference	15	7	849	3	defer_ence
deferred	13	10	636	3	deferre_d
deferrer	12	13	559	3	deferre_r
deferrers	13	11	515	3	deferrers
deferring	14	3	614	3	deferring
deficient	15	4	702	3	deficient
defilement	16	4	807	3	defilement
definement	16	4	806	3	definement
deforcement	19	5	498	3	deforcement
deforest	12	3	879	3	defor_est
deformed	15	24	826	3	deforme_d
deformer	14	24	794	3	deforme_r
deformers	15	26	653	3	deformers
deforming	16	3	670	3	deforming
degermed	13	3	545	3	degerme_d
degerming	14	3	575	3	degerming
dement	9	38	2515	3	d__e_ment
department	15	4	681	3	department
dependent	13	4	911	3	dependent
depermed	14	3	645	3	deperme_d
deperming	15	3	711	3	deperming
deportment	15	4	677	3	deportment
detergents	12	11	666	3	detergents
determine	12	4	903	3	determine
deterrents	11	12	647	3	deterrents
detriment	12	4	969	3	detriment
devilment	15	4	771	3	devilment
different	16	4	618	3	differ_ent
divergent	14	4	736	3	divergent
dizenment	21	4	583	3	dizenment
efferent	14	4	720	3	effer_ent
element	9	3	1780	3	_ele_ment
emergent	11	4	911	3	_emergent
ferments	13	3	1147	3	__ferments
fervent	13	3	1006	3	__fervent
interment	11	4	1922	3	interment
preferments	18	4	474	3	preferments
recement	12	3	1565	3	rece_ment
recrement	13	4	1136	3	recrement
referents	12	25	964	3	refer_ents
revelment	14	4	877	3	revelment
reverent	11	26	1509	3	rever_ent
revetment	14	4	832	3	revetment
tenement	10	4	1259	3	tene_ment
vehement	16	4	776	3	vehe_ment

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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	70	6.716	22132.4
3	Display Results	70	70	0.033	2121.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	70	7.189	24856.2