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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
declawing	16	3	621	(None)
declaring	13	3	957	1	declaring
clawing	13	38	1267	2	__clawing
decaying	15	23	945	2	dec_aying
deceasing	13	3	840	2	deceasing
declaiming	16	4	478	2	declaiming
declassing	14	4	512	2	declassing
declining	13	12	935	2	declining
deflating	14	26	1071	2	deflating
deglazing	21	3	513	2	deglazing
delating	10	31	1960	2	de_lating
delaying	13	32	1097	2	de_laying
deplaning	13	3	805	2	deplaning

Search took 7 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	0.513	348325.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	5.800	20937.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.326	28247.1