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

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

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.

13 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
defiance	14	7	763	(None)
defiances	15	5	703	1	defiances
deviance	14	7	708	1	deviance
affiance	16	4	565	2	affiance
deface	12	31	1386	2	def_a_ce
defence	13	3	989	2	def_ence
defiant	11	3	1192	2	defian_t
define	10	47	1814	2	defi_n_e
deviances	15	6	649	2	deviances
deviancy	17	5	418	2	deviancy
fiance	11	3	1074	2	__fiance
refinance	14	11	764	2	refinance
reliance	10	3	1047	2	reliance

Search took 4 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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.236	37410.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.625	49294.1