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

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

22 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
defoamer	14	27	621	(None)
defamer	13	27	1032	1	def_amer
defoamed	15	35	624	1	defoamed
defoamers	15	28	525	1	defoamers
deformer	14	24	794	1	deformer
defacer	13	28	1036	2	def_acer
defame	12	32	1243	2	def_ame_
defamed	14	30	983	2	def_amed
defamers	14	25	852	2	def_amers
defames	13	28	1225	2	def_ames
defeater	12	26	1166	2	defeater
deflater	12	32	1160	2	deflater
defoam	12	3	856	2	defoam__
defoams	13	3	619	2	defoam_s
defogger	14	4	353	2	defogger
deforcer	14	24	690	2	deforcer
deformed	15	24	826	2	deformed
deformers	15	26	653	2	deformers
defrayer	15	3	493	2	defrayer
dewormer	14	25	632	2	dewormer
foamer	11	47	1431	2	__foamer
reformer	13	21	795	2	reformer

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.983	44863.4