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

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

13 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
levitate	11	3	793	(None)
levigate	12	4	662	1	levigate
levirate	11	4	762	1	levirate
levitated	13	4	641	1	levitated
levitates	12	4	786	1	levitates
cavitate	13	15	983	2	cavitate
deviate	11	3	1271	2	devi_ate
hesitate	11	6	997	2	hesitate
levigated	14	4	564	2	levigated
levigates	13	4	649	2	levigates
levirates	12	4	749	2	levirates
levitator	12	4	549	2	levitator
meditate	11	3	1062	2	meditate

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.516	34430.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.935	45410.7