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

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

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40 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
hesitators	13	8	585	(None)
hesitaters	13	7	485	1	hesitaters
hesitator	12	8	602	1	hesitator_
hesitater	12	7	692	2	hesitater_
hesitates	12	6	979	2	hesitat_es
hesitations	14	4	854	2	hesitations
levitators	13	4	540	2	levitators
meditators	13	4	626	2	meditators
testators	9	4	733	2	tes_tators
agitators	10	4	662	3	_agitators
citators	10	3	1025	3	__citators
cogitators	13	4	600	3	cogitators
decimators	15	4	750	3	decimators
dedicators	14	4	774	3	dedicators
depilators	13	4	733	3	depilators
desiccators	16	4	380	3	desiccators
designators	13	4	430	3	designators
desolators	11	4	628	3	desolators
deviators	13	5	853	3	devi_ators
epilators	11	4	943	3	_epilators
estimators	12	4	702	3	_estimators
estivators	13	4	592	3	_estivators
gestatory	13	4	452	3	ges_tatory
heritors	11	3	1090	3	heri__tors
hesitances	15	4	554	3	hesitances
hesitate	11	6	997	3	hesitat__e
hesitated	13	7	778	3	hesitat_ed
hesitating	14	4	800	3	hesitating
hesitation	13	4	963	3	hesitation
imitators	11	4	701	3	_imitators
irritators	10	4	513	3	irritators
levitator	12	4	549	3	levitator_
mediators	12	4	892	3	medi_ators
meditator	12	4	659	3	meditator_
remittors	11	25	628	3	remit_tors
resistors	9	4	799	3	resi_stors
resonators	10	4	581	3	resonators
respirators	13	7	544	3	respirators
stators	7	39	1558	3	__s_tators
testator	8	4	737	3	tes_tator_

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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	40	6.843	20547.0
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	7.295	24495.0