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

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

22 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
olfactory	17	4	308	(None)
factory	15	10	834	2	__factory
aleatory	11	4	881	3	alea_tory
calefactory	21	5	203	3	calefactory
cofactor	15	4	575	3	cofactor_
cofactors	16	4	593	3	cofactors
enactory	13	4	614	3	_enactory
factor	11	9	1145	3	__factor_
factors	12	9	1212	3	__factors
lactary	12	3	784	3	_l_actary
nonfactor	14	4	527	3	nonfactor_
nonfactors	15	4	533	3	nonfactors
oblatory	13	4	579	3	obla_tory
offertory	18	5	209	3	offertory
olfaction	14	6	423	3	olfaction
olfactions	15	6	387	3	olfactions
olfactive	17	4	346	3	olfactive
olfactories	16	5	354	3	olfactories
oratory	10	3	940	3	o_ra_tory
placatory	16	4	571	3	pl_acatory
refectory	17	4	602	3	refectory
refractory	18	13	477	3	refractory

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.203	20636.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.639	23391.9