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

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

15 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
exploratory	23	5	313	(None)
expiratory	22	4	473	2	exp_iratory
explanatory	23	5	260	2	explanatory
explicatory	25	5	384	2	explicatory
exclamatory	25	5	211	3	exclamatory
exhortatory	24	5	220	3	ex_hortatory
expiatory	21	4	518	3	exp__iatory
expletory	21	4	297	3	expl__etory
explicator	21	4	515	3	explicator_
explicators	22	4	471	3	explicators
exploration	20	6	671	3	exploration
explorations	21	8	561	3	explorations
explorative	23	5	424	3	explorative
expository	22	5	314	3	exp_ository
expurgatory	24	5	229	3	expurgatory

Search took 6 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	4.706	25846.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.109	34975.7