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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “expurgators” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

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
expurgators	21	5	256	(None)
expurgator	20	5	275	1	expurgator_
expurgatory	24	5	229	1	expurgatory
expurgates	20	4	352	2	expurgat_es
expurgations	22	7	412	2	expurgations
compurgators	19	10	294	3	compurgators
depurators	13	4	648	3	depur_ators
execrators	19	4	602	3	execr_ators
expiators	18	4	680	3	exp__iators
expiratory	22	4	473	3	expir_atory
explicators	22	4	471	3	explicators
expurgate	19	4	382	3	expurgat__e
expurgated	21	4	306	3	expurgat_ed
expurgating	22	4	328	3	expurgating
expurgation	21	5	455	3	expurgation
expurgatorial	23	6	97	3	expurgatorial
extirpators	20	5	316	3	extirpators
purgatory	15	4	441	3	__purgatory

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	4.280	28418.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.669	38271.8