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

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

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71 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
dewatering	15	4	577	(None)
denaturing	12	11	586	2	denaturing
watering	12	23	1632	2	__watering
beavering	15	3	870	3	be_avering
betattering	14	4	414	3	betattering
bettering	12	22	1276	3	be_ttering
bewaring	14	27	949	3	bewa__ring
catering	11	20	1991	3	__catering
centering	12	29	1514	3	ce_ntering
cratering	12	3	1265	3	_cratering
deadening	12	7	758	3	de_adening
deafening	14	7	627	3	de_afening
deairing	10	3	1189	3	de_a_iring
debarring	13	3	572	3	deba_rring
debating	12	32	1373	3	debat__ing
decentering	15	4	648	3	decentering
defatting	14	3	610	3	defat_ting
delating	10	31	1960	3	delat__ing
delivering	15	4	517	3	delivering
delustering	13	4	407	3	delustering
derating	10	32	2228	3	derat__ing
deratting	11	3	951	3	derat_ting
deterging	12	3	785	3	de__terging
deterring	11	3	862	3	de__terring
dewater	11	29	1242	3	dewater___
dewatered	14	4	474	3	dewater_ed
dewaterer	13	4	371	3	dewater_er
dewaterers	14	4	293	3	dewaterers
dewaters	12	29	1072	3	dewater__s
dewaxing	20	21	529	3	dewa__xing
diapering	13	3	903	3	d_iapering
dowering	13	25	1061	3	dow__ering
elaterin	8	4	990	3	_elaterin_
elaterins	9	4	1003	3	_elaterins
entering	9	19	2005	3	_e_ntering
feathering	17	10	879	3	fe_athering
featuring	13	3	732	3	fe_aturing
festering	13	24	1317	3	fe_stering
fettering	13	23	1051	3	fe_ttering
gettering	11	23	1003	3	ge_ttering
leathering	14	8	868	3	le_athering
leistering	11	4	798	3	leistering
lettering	10	21	1207	3	le_ttering
metering	11	29	1563	3	me__tering
neatening	10	3	835	3	ne_atening
neutering	10	3	896	3	ne_utering
overwatering	19	5	493	3	overwatering
peltering	12	20	1167	3	pe_ltering
pestering	12	23	1566	3	pe_stering
petering	11	25	1681	3	pe__tering
realtering	11	3	947	3	realtering
reentering	11	4	999	3	reentering
regathering	16	4	520	3	regathering
remastering	14	4	684	3	remastering
renaturing	11	17	681	3	renaturing
repapering	15	4	704	3	repapering
reuttering	11	3	757	3	reuttering
rewakening	18	4	379	3	rewakening
sewering	12	24	1109	3	sew__ering
sweltering	14	4	523	3	sweltering
teetering	10	23	989	3	te_etering
tentering	10	23	1321	3	te_ntering
unwavering	17	4	322	3	unwavering
wafering	15	20	889	3	__wafering
wagering	13	21	952	3	__wagering
waitering	13	3	1072	3	__waitering
waterings	13	22	926	3	__waterings
wavering	15	24	1054	3	__wavering
weathering	17	9	835	3	we_athering
weltering	13	21	949	3	we_ltering
westering	13	21	1264	3	we_stering

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	71	6.143	22888.3
3	Display Results	71	71	0.030	2366.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	71	6.593	27103.1