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

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

14 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
dignitaries	13	5	329	(None)
dignities	11	4	959	2	dignit__ies
dietaries	10	4	1066	3	di__etaries
digitalins	12	5	402	3	dig_italins
digitalis	11	4	496	3	dig_itali_s
digitalises	13	5	450	3	dig_italises
digitalizes	22	4	567	3	dig_italizes
dignifies	14	4	636	3	digni__fies
dignitary	14	4	246	3	dignitar__y
militaries	12	4	944	3	mi_litaries
pituitaries	13	5	300	3	pituitaries
sanitaries	10	4	991	3	_sanitaries
signatories	12	5	363	3	signatories
signiories	11	4	430	3	signi_ories

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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	4.500	27029.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.906	36423.0