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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “diatom” 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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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
diatom	9	3	945	(None)
diatoms	10	3	907	1	diatoms
atom	6	78	2452	2	__atom
dato	5	61	2994	2	d_ato_
datos	6	52	2278	2	d_atos
datum	8	3	1063	2	d_atum
diadem	10	3	758	2	diadem
dialog	8	3	797	2	dialog
diastem	10	31	804	2	diastem
diatomic	13	4	696	2	diatomic
diatron	8	3	928	2	diatron
diazo	15	3	1003	2	diazo_
dictum	11	3	686	2	dictum
dilator	8	27	1278	2	dilator
distome	10	3	1323	2	distome
ditto	6	53	1560	2	ditto_
dittos	7	41	1197	2	dittos
viator	9	32	1183	2	viator

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.826	63231.1