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

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

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59 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
deactivators	18	5	257	(None)
deactivator	17	5	284	1	deactivator_
activators	15	4	594	2	__activators
deactivates	17	4	439	2	deactivat_es
deactivations	19	17	506	2	deactivations
activator	14	4	644	3	__activator_
captivators	18	5	362	3	_captivators
deactivate	16	4	462	3	deactivat__e
deactivated	18	4	373	3	deactivat_ed
deactivating	19	5	345	3	deactivating
deactivation	18	15	608	3	deactivation
decapitators	17	5	326	3	decapitators
decimators	15	4	750	3	de_c_imators
estivators	13	4	592	3	_e_stivators
reactivates	16	4	561	3	reactivat_es
reactivations	18	17	614	3	reactivations
activates	14	4	968	4	__activat_es
activations	16	6	926	4	__activations
actuators	11	4	644	4	__act_uators
brachiators	18	5	352	4	brachi_ators
captivator	17	4	388	4	_captivator_
castigators	14	4	554	4	_castigators
cultivators	16	5	384	4	_cultivators
deaerators	11	10	771	4	dea__erators
decapitator	16	5	380	4	decapitator_
decimator	14	4	773	4	de_c_imator_
declivitous	17	5	151	4	de_clivitous
decorators	13	4	787	4	de_c_orators
decorticators	18	6	250	4	decorticators
dedicators	14	4	774	4	de__dicators
defoliators	15	4	372	4	defoli_ators
denominators	15	7	409	4	denominators
depilators	13	4	733	4	de__pilators
desalinators	13	5	360	4	desalinators
descriptors	16	5	275	4	descri_ptors
detonators	11	4	585	4	de__tonators
devastators	15	5	292	4	devast__ators
deviators	13	5	854	4	de__vi_ators
dictators	12	4	736	4	d_ict__ators
estimators	12	4	702	4	_e_stimators
estivator	12	4	629	4	_e_stivator_
excavators	22	4	354	4	_exc_avators
fractionators	18	6	213	4	fractionators
inactivates	16	4	504	4	inactivat_es
inactivations	18	5	424	4	inactivations
lacrimators	15	5	391	4	_lacrimators
legitimators	15	5	340	4	legitimators
machinators	18	5	440	4	_machinators
masticators	15	4	632	4	_masticators
motivators	15	4	518	4	__motivators
negotiators	12	5	316	4	negoti_ators
reactivate	15	4	584	4	reactivat__e
reactivated	17	4	497	4	reactivat_ed
reactivating	18	4	475	4	reactivating
reactivation	17	17	695	4	reactivation
reactivities	17	5	617	4	reactivities
salivators	13	13	575	4	_sa_livators
vaccinators	18	5	414	4	_vaccinators
ventilators	14	10	506	4	ve_ntilators

Search took 9 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	59	8.406	14845.3
3	Display Results	59	59	0.033	1787.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	8.829	20239.1