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

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

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179 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
devastating	16	4	470	(None)
devaluating	16	4	505	2	devaluating
devastatingly	21	7	136	2	devastatingly
devastation	15	4	673	2	devastation
devastations	16	4	582	2	devastations
devastative	18	5	343	2	devastative
deaerating	12	3	1156	3	de_aerating
decapitating	18	5	495	3	decapitating
decussating	15	4	319	3	decussating
defalcating	18	4	434	3	defalcating
defatting	14	3	610	3	defa_t_ting
delectating	15	4	599	3	delectating
demarcating	17	4	520	3	demarcating
demasting	13	3	845	3	demas__ting
deratting	11	3	951	3	dera_t_ting
devastate	13	4	495	3	devastat__e
devastated	15	4	412	3	devastat_ed
devastates	14	4	466	3	devastat_es
devastator	14	5	314	3	devastat_or
devastators	15	5	292	3	devastators
devesting	14	24	990	3	deves__ting
deviating	14	3	1108	3	dev__iating
divagating	16	4	400	3	diva_gating
estating	9	26	1499	3	_e__stating
evacuating	16	4	568	3	_evacuating
evaluating	14	5	602	3	_evaluating
gestating	11	22	998	3	ge__stating
levitating	14	4	665	3	lev_itating
lovastatin	13	5	192	3	lovastatin_
lovastatins	14	5	166	3	lovastatins
overstating	15	4	1073	3	overstating
reinstating	12	4	811	3	reinstating
restating	10	23	1941	3	re__stating
revaluating	15	4	589	3	revaluating
advantaging	17	5	178	4	advantaging
astatine	8	3	1353	4	___astatine
berascaling	16	5	248	4	berascaling
caseating	12	3	1174	4	__caseating
castrating	13	4	977	4	__castrating
cavitating	16	4	691	4	cav_itating
deactivating	19	5	345	4	de_activating
deaminating	15	4	797	4	deaminating
deashing	13	42	1095	4	de_as__hing
debasing	12	23	806	4	debas___ing
debating	12	32	1373	4	de___bating
debilitating	16	5	411	4	debilitating
decantation	14	4	894	4	decantation
decantations	15	4	794	4	decantations
decanting	13	25	1063	4	deca__nting
decimating	16	4	876	4	de_cimating
decollating	15	4	597	4	decollating
decorating	14	3	1207	4	de_corating
dedicating	15	3	914	4	de_dicating
defaulting	15	4	339	4	defa_ulting
defeating	14	23	1197	4	de__feating
defecating	17	23	778	4	de_fecating
deflagrating	18	5	266	4	deflagrating
deflating	14	26	1071	4	de__flating
defoliating	16	4	582	4	defoliating
degassing	12	3	482	4	degas__sing
degustation	13	4	563	4	degustation
degustations	14	4	483	4	degustations
degusting	12	3	616	4	degus__ting
dehydrating	20	4	365	4	dehydrating
delaminating	16	4	568	4	delaminating
delating	10	31	1960	4	de___lating
delegating	13	3	767	4	de_legating
delineating	13	4	637	4	delineating
delisting	11	27	1050	4	delis__ting
delustering	13	4	407	4	delustering
demitting	13	23	907	4	de_mit_ting
demonstrating	17	10	476	4	demonstrating
denaturing	12	11	586	4	dena_turing
denervating	16	4	592	4	denervating
denigrating	14	14	692	4	denigrating
denitrating	13	12	833	4	denitrating
denudating	13	4	526	4	de_nudating
depainting	14	15	615	4	depa_inting
departing	13	4	951	4	depa__rting
depilating	14	3	919	4	de_pilating
depositing	14	4	693	4	depos_iting
deprecating	17	7	728	4	deprecating
depredating	16	5	569	4	depredating
depurating	14	3	864	4	de_purating
deracinating	16	4	522	4	deracinating
derating	10	32	2228	4	de___rating
derogating	13	4	863	4	de_rogating
desalinating	14	7	631	4	desalinating
desalting	11	3	884	4	de__salting
descanting	14	4	692	4	de__scanting
desecrating	15	4	809	4	desecrating
deserting	11	7	1314	4	de__serting
desiccating	17	4	470	4	desiccating
designating	14	4	607	4	designating
desisting	11	28	1038	4	de__sisting
desolating	12	3	946	4	de_solating
despiting	13	17	932	4	de__spiting
despumating	17	4	369	4	despumating
destain	8	4	1208	4	de__sta_in_
destaining	12	6	794	4	de__staining
destains	9	3	1181	4	de__sta_ins
destining	11	3	1143	4	de__stining
destituting	13	15	516	4	destituting
detasseling	13	6	220	4	detasseling
detestation	12	4	836	4	detestation
detestations	13	4	758	4	detestations
detesting	11	26	1032	4	detes__ting
detonating	12	4	882	4	de_tonating
deuterating	13	4	727	4	deuterating
devaluation	15	4	707	4	devaluation
devaluations	16	4	635	4	devaluations
devaluing	14	3	483	4	deva__luing
devising	13	31	1152	4	devis___ing
devoting	13	3	882	4	dev___oting
dewatering	15	4	577	4	dewa_tering
diastatic	12	4	594	4	d_iastati_c
dictating	13	3	888	4	d__ictating
disrating	11	7	1455	4	d__israting
disseating	12	11	1178	4	d_isseating
distasting	12	4	802	4	d__istasting
divaricating	19	5	359	4	divaricating
divesting	14	29	848	4	dives__ting
divulgating	17	4	230	4	divulgating
dratting	10	38	966	4	d_ra_t_ting
easting	8	49	2430	4	_e_as__ting
emaciating	15	4	682	4	_emaciating
emanating	12	3	900	4	_ema_nating
eradiating	12	4	873	4	_eradiating
eructating	13	4	569	4	_eructating
evaginating	16	4	491	4	_evaginating
evaporating	17	4	419	4	_evaporating
eventuating	15	4	325	4	_eventuating
feasting	12	20	1132	4	fe_as__ting
gravitating	16	4	400	4	gravitating
hebetating	16	4	579	4	he_betating
hesitating	14	4	800	4	he_sitating
instating	10	8	1221	4	__instating
lactating	12	3	919	4	__lactating
legislating	13	4	341	4	legislating
levanting	13	4	552	4	leva__nting
levigating	15	4	569	4	lev_igating
meditating	14	4	812	4	me_ditating
metastatic	14	5	522	4	metastati_c
misstating	13	12	931	4	_misstating
outstating	11	3	936	4	_outstating
overstaying	18	4	705	4	overstaying
pedestaling	15	5	372	4	pedestaling
recasting	12	24	1423	4	recas__ting
redictating	15	4	680	4	redictating
reevaluating	16	5	335	4	reevaluating
refastening	15	4	430	4	refastening
reluctating	14	4	576	4	reluctating
remastering	14	4	684	4	remastering
repasting	12	23	1284	4	repas__ting
reradiating	13	4	726	4	reradiating
reseating	10	24	2153	4	re__seating
reslating	10	25	1699	4	re__slating
restaging	11	24	1085	4	re__staging
restarting	11	3	1066	4	re__starting
retaliating	12	4	887	4	retaliating
retasting	10	25	1341	4	retas__ting
revalidating	17	4	418	4	revalidating
revegetating	17	5	368	4	revegetating
revesting	13	28	1412	4	reves__ting
revetting	13	29	1263	4	rev_et_ting
revibrating	17	4	557	4	revibrating
reviolating	15	5	626	4	reviolating
revisiting	14	4	695	4	revis_iting
sensating	10	3	925	4	se_ns_ating
separating	13	4	864	4	sepa_rating
stating	8	37	2516	4	____stating
understating	14	4	654	4	unde_rstating
unstating	10	7	1121	4	__unstating
vacating	14	3	1036	4	__va_cating
valuating	13	3	865	4	__valuating
variating	13	3	1095	4	__variating
vatting	11	36	1485	4	__va_t_ting
vegetating	15	4	570	4	ve_getating
yeasting	12	18	892	4	ye_as__ting

Search took 10 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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	179	8.546	17413.9
3	Display Results	179	179	0.093	1924.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	179	9.075	19690.5