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

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

17 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
dehydrators	19	5	285	(None)
dehydrator	18	5	320	1	dehydrator_
dehydrates	18	4	424	2	dehydrat_es
dehydrations	20	4	340	2	dehydrations
hydrators	16	4	568	2	__hydrators
deaerators	11	10	771	3	de_aerators
decorators	13	4	787	3	de_corators
dehydrate	17	4	486	3	dehydrat__e
dehydrated	19	4	349	3	dehydrat_ed
dehydrating	20	4	365	3	dehydrating
dehydration	19	5	406	3	dehydration
denigrators	13	4	452	3	denigrators
depurators	13	4	648	3	de_purators
desecrators	14	4	523	3	desecrators
hydrator	15	4	576	3	__hydrator_
rehydrates	17	4	446	3	rehydrat_es
rehydrations	19	4	398	3	rehydrations

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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	5.376	22625.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.842	30587.3