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

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

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.

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
defanging	15	3	533	(None)
deranging	12	3	806	1	deranging
danging	10	37	1609	2	d__anging
deaning	9	40	2047	2	de_an_ing
debagging	15	3	359	2	debagging
decanting	13	25	1063	2	decanting
defacing	15	23	868	2	defa_cing
defaming	15	23	846	2	defa_ming
defatting	14	3	610	2	defatting
defencing	16	22	669	2	defencing
defending	15	29	835	2	defending
defensing	14	21	700	2	defensing
defining	13	37	1180	2	defin_ing
defogging	16	5	386	2	defogging
defragging	17	4	282	2	defragging
defunding	15	21	612	2	defunding
demanding	14	23	792	2	demanding
desanding	12	20	765	2	desanding
rehanging	14	3	756	2	rehanging

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	3.593	33797.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.983	44863.4