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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
deviator	12	4	831	(None)
deviators	13	5	853	1	deviators
deviatory	16	6	644	1	deviatory
aviator	10	22	966	2	_aviator
decimator	14	4	773	2	decimator
dedicator	13	4	825	2	dedicator
deflator	12	32	834	2	deflator
delator	8	30	1502	2	de_lator
depictor	13	5	551	2	depictor
depilator	12	4	765	2	depilator
deviate	11	3	1271	2	deviat_e
deviated	13	3	1104	2	deviated
deviates	12	3	1273	2	deviates
deviation	13	3	1239	2	deviation
devisor	11	35	704	2	devi_sor
evictor	12	34	636	2	_evictor
levator	10	29	896	2	lev_ator
levitator	12	4	549	2	levitator
mediator	11	3	904	2	mediator
obviator	13	4	474	2	obviator
viator	9	32	1183	2	__viator

Search took 4 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.280	36908.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.702	48268.8