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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ablator” 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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21 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
ablator	9	3	985	(None)
abator	8	45	1272	1	ab_ator
ablators	10	6	988	1	ablators
abater	8	55	1812	2	ab_ater
abators	9	44	1309	2	ab_ators
abettor	9	5	619	2	abettor
ablate	8	22	1921	2	ablat_e
ablated	10	25	1344	2	ablated
ablates	9	24	1690	2	ablates
ablation	10	3	1243	2	ablation
adulator	9	4	859	2	adulator
aerator	7	3	1484	2	aerator
alastor	7	3	967	2	a_lastor
ambulator	13	4	616	2	ambulator
aviator	10	22	967	2	aviator
delator	8	30	1503	2	delator
dilator	8	27	1279	2	dilator
fabulator	14	4	539	2	fabulator
oblatory	13	4	580	2	oblatory
relator	7	40	1637	2	relator
tabulator	11	4	592	2	tabulator

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.919	45596.1