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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “obligator” 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
obligator	12	19	569	(None)
obligato	11	19	498	1	obligato_
obligators	13	19	544	1	obligators
obligatory	16	16	417	1	obligatory
obligatos	12	19	506	1	obligatos
alligator	10	4	611	2	alligator
obbligato	14	6	187	2	obbligato_
obbligatos	15	6	206	2	obbligatos
obligate	11	19	830	2	obligat_e
obligated	13	18	690	2	obligated
obligates	12	20	785	2	obligates
obligati	11	18	483	2	obligat_i
obligation	13	4	678	2	obligation
obligor	10	4	353	2	oblig__or
obviator	13	4	474	2	obvi_ator

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	15	3.423	35476.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.829	46667.8