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

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

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
nictates	10	3	959	(None)
dictates	11	3	1138	1	dictates
nictate	9	3	1022	1	nictate_
nictated	11	3	779	1	nictated
dictate	10	3	1166	2	dictate_
dictated	12	3	920	2	dictated
instates	8	16	1583	2	instates
lactates	10	3	1122	2	lactates
nictitates	12	4	495	2	nictitates
nidates	8	3	1189	2	ni_dates
niobates	10	3	728	2	niobates
nitrates	8	25	1622	2	nitrates
notates	7	28	1748	2	n_otates
nutates	7	32	1497	2	n_utates
pectates	12	22	1395	2	pectates
picrates	12	20	1321	2	picrates

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.360	36029.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.516	50822.2