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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “defiant” 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.

17 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
defiant	11	3	1192	(None)
deviant	11	3	1131	1	deviant
affiant	13	4	843	2	affiant
decant	9	35	2422	2	de_cant
defang	11	3	775	2	def_ang
defat	9	54	2669	2	def_a_t
defeat	10	38	1716	2	defea_t
defiance	14	7	763	2	defiance
defiantly	16	4	415	2	defiantly
deficit	13	3	967	2	deficit
define	10	47	1814	2	defi_ne
defoliant	13	4	520	2	defoliant
depaint	10	3	1459	2	depaint
descant	10	43	1558	2	descant
deviants	12	3	673	2	deviants
mediant	10	35	1670	2	mediant
reliant	7	3	1924	2	reliant

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.533	30475.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.923	45549.6