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

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

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.

14 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
decapitator	16	5	380	(None)
decapitators	17	5	326	1	decapitators
decapitate	15	4	587	2	decapitat_e
decapitated	17	4	494	2	decapitated
decapitates	16	5	564	2	decapitates
decapitation	17	4	868	2	decapitation
deactivator	17	5	284	3	deactivator
decapitating	18	5	495	3	decapitating
decapitations	18	4	766	3	decapitations
decimator	14	4	773	3	dec__imator
depilator	12	4	765	3	de__pilator
desalinator	12	5	435	3	desalinator
devastator	14	5	314	3	deva_stator
precipitator	18	5	358	3	precipitator

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	121633	0.530	337152.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	5.346	22752.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.876	30410.3