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

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

18 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
devastators	15	5	292	(None)
devastator	14	5	314	1	devastator_
devastates	14	4	466	2	devastat_es
devastations	16	4	582	2	devastations
deaerators	11	10	771	3	de_aerators
decapitators	17	5	326	3	decapitators
defalcators	17	4	286	3	defalcators
devastate	13	4	495	3	devastat__e
devastated	15	4	412	3	devastat_ed
devastating	16	4	470	3	devastating
devastation	15	4	673	3	devastation
devastative	18	5	343	3	devastative
deviators	13	5	853	3	dev__iators
dilatators	11	4	401	3	dila_tators
evacuators	15	10	448	3	_evacuators
evaluators	13	7	459	3	_evaluators
levitators	13	4	540	3	lev_itators
testators	9	4	733	3	te__stators

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	121633	0.920	194229.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	7.063	17221.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.999	22339.2