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

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

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.

23 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
deflator	12	32	834	(None)
deflater	12	32	1160	1	deflater
deflators	13	34	815	1	deflators
delator	8	30	1503	1	de_lator
defalcator	16	4	317	2	defalcator
defeater	12	26	1166	2	defeater
defecator	15	4	638	2	defecator
defector	14	27	795	2	defector
deflate	11	36	1394	2	deflat_e
deflated	13	34	1230	2	deflated
deflaters	13	29	870	2	deflaters
deflates	12	30	1394	2	deflates
deflation	13	3	1065	2	deflation
deflector	15	5	506	2	deflector
defoliator	14	4	418	2	defoliator
delators	9	23	1483	2	de_lators
depilator	12	4	765	2	depilator
desolator	10	4	667	2	desolator
deviator	12	4	831	2	deviator
dilator	8	27	1279	2	d_ilator
fellator	11	7	671	2	fellator
inflator	11	5	803	2	inflator
relator	7	40	1637	2	re_lator

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.813	31749.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.219	42353.9