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

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

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
imitates	10	3	1050	(None)
imitate	9	3	1087	1	imitate_
imitated	11	3	826	1	imitated
agitates	9	3	1088	2	agitates
amirates	10	11	1480	2	amirates
emirates	10	12	1485	2	emirates
imamates	12	3	766	2	imamates
imitator	10	4	711	2	imitator
imitators	11	4	701	2	imitators
initiates	9	4	1118	2	initiates
instates	8	16	1583	2	instates
irritates	9	7	722	2	irritates
metates	9	27	2001	2	_metates
militates	11	3	1088	2	militates
mutates	9	22	1579	2	_mutates

Search took 4 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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.563	33976.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.969	45021.7