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

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

19 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
placater	12	3	801	(None)
placate	11	3	1243	1	placate_
placated	13	3	845	1	placated
placaters	13	3	647	1	placaters
placates	12	3	1175	1	placates
locater	9	31	1360	2	_locater
placatory	16	4	572	2	placatory
placer	10	51	1774	2	plac__er
plaister	10	6	801	2	plaister
plaiter	9	36	1539	2	pla_iter
planate	9	3	1457	2	planate_
plankter	14	3	536	2	plankter
planter	9	40	1780	2	pla_nter
plaster	9	33	1869	2	pla_ster
plater	8	44	2769	2	pl__ater
platter	9	39	1741	2	pla_tter
pleater	9	39	1633	2	pl_eater
plicate	11	3	1451	2	plicate_
plicated	13	3	1064	2	plicated

Search took 9 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	1.826	97859.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	6.266	19320.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	8.108	22038.9