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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “authoritative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

13 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
authoritative	19	6	198	(None)
authoritatively	24	7	120	2	authoritatively
authoritarian	16	11	247	3	authoritarian
authorization	25	5	585	3	authorization
assortative	14	7	395	4	a_ssor_tative
authoritarians	17	10	252	4	authoritarians
authorities	14	4	633	4	authori__ties
authorizations	26	5	509	4	authorizations
autorotate	10	5	482	4	aut_orotat__e
autorotating	13	7	384	4	aut_orotating
autorotation	12	5	501	4	aut_orotation
exhortative	24	5	305	4	_exhor_tative
hortative	15	4	643	4	___hor_tative

Search took 6 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	95024	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	5.000	19004.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.359	33344.1