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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gratulatory” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
gratulatory	15	5	320	(None)
granulator	11	5	510	2	granulator_
granulators	12	4	461	2	granulators
adulatory	13	4	631	3	__adulatory
congratulatory	20	6	173	3	~~con~~gratulatory
ejaculatory	23	5	298	3	ejaculatory
graduator	11	4	457	3	gradu_ator_
graduators	12	4	423	3	gradu_ators
gratulate	10	4	768	3	gratulat__e
gratulated	12	5	573	3	gratulat_ed
gratulates	11	5	713	3	gratulat_es
gratulating	13	4	472	3	gratulating
gratulation	12	4	599	3	gratulation
gratulations	13	4	517	3	gratulations
regulatory	14	4	529	3	_regulatory
translatory	14	5	480	3	translatory

Search took 8 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	7.063	17221.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.485	23873.2