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

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

11 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
mediators	12	4	892	(None)
mediator	11	3	904	1	mediator_
mediatory	15	4	643	1	mediatory
meditators	13	4	626	1	meditators
dedicators	14	4	774	2	dedicators
deviators	13	5	853	2	deviators
editors	8	3	942	2	_edi_tors
mediates	11	28	1406	2	mediat_es
mediations	13	3	1098	2	mediations
meditator	12	4	659	2	meditator_
radiators	10	4	932	2	radiators

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	11	3.156	38477.8
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.546	50392.3