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

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

18 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
perpetrator	15	5	364	(None)
perpetrators	16	5	339	1	perpetrators
perpetuator	15	5	272	1	perpetuator
perpetrate	14	7	665	2	perpetrat_e
perpetrated	16	7	507	2	perpetrated
perpetrates	15	6	620	2	perpetrates
perpetration	16	4	713	2	perpetration
perpetuators	16	5	266	2	perpetuators
perforator	15	4	544	3	per_forator
permeator	13	4	740	3	perme__ator
perorator	11	4	974	3	per__orator
perpetrating	17	4	520	3	perpetrating
perpetrations	17	4	637	3	perpetrations
perpetuate	14	5	479	3	perpetuat_e
perpetuated	16	5	375	3	perpetuated
perpetuates	15	8	430	3	perpetuates
perpetuation	16	5	534	3	perpetuation
preparator	14	4	524	3	prep_arator

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	4.966	24493.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.372	33263.4