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

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

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.

17 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
activates	14	4	969	(None)
activate	13	5	1037	1	activate_
activated	15	6	788	1	activated
activator	14	4	645	2	activator
activators	15	4	595	2	activators
actives	12	3	1152	2	activ__es
activities	15	4	890	2	activities
activizes	23	4	632	2	activizes
actuates	10	3	1031	2	act_uates
aestivates	13	10	737	2	aestivates
captivates	17	4	549	2	captivates
deactivates	17	4	439	2	deactivates
estivates	12	10	975	2	estivates
inactivates	16	4	504	2	inactivates
motivates	14	4	707	2	motivates
reactivates	16	4	561	2	reactivates
titivates	12	4	643	2	titivates

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.466	35036.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.875	46113.8