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

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

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.

12 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
elevator	11	4	671	(None)
elevators	12	4	630	1	elevators
levator	10	29	896	1	_levator
delegator	11	4	624	2	delegator
elector	9	33	1325	2	ele_ctor
elevate	10	11	1037	2	elevat_e
elevated	12	11	829	2	elevated
elevates	11	11	1042	2	elevates
elevation	12	3	923	2	elevation
enervator	12	4	552	2	enervator
legator	8	30	1113	2	_legator
levators	11	24	928	2	_levators

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.873	31257.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.295	41604.4