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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “defibrillators” 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.

12 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
defibrillators	20	6	121	(None)
defibrillator	19	6	131	1	defibrillator_
defibrillates	19	6	177	2	defibrillat_es
defibrillations	21	6	169	2	defibrillations
defibrillate	18	6	183	3	defibrillat__e
defibrillated	20	6	158	3	defibrillat_ed
defibrillating	21	11	160	3	defibrillating
defibrillation	20	6	190	3	defibrillation
defibrinates	18	11	271	4	defibri_nat_es
defibrinations	20	5	341	4	defibri_nations
fibrillates	16	5	314	4	__fibrillat_es
fibrillations	18	5	310	4	__fibrillations

Search took 5 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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	3.783	17413.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.125	43319.0