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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “preparatives” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
preparatives	19	5	444	(None)
preparative	18	4	635	1	preparative_
preparations	16	4	831	2	preparations
preparatively	23	5	364	2	preparatively
reparative	15	4	817	2	_reparative_
comparatives	21	16	485	3	comparatives
pejoratives	23	5	350	3	p_ejoratives
preoperative	19	5	575	3	preoperative_
preparation	15	4	927	3	preparati_on
preparators	15	5	472	3	preparat_ors
prerogatives	18	5	343	3	prerogatives
preservatives	21	5	278	3	preservatives
propagative	19	5	450	3	propagative_
reparations	13	6	1166	3	_reparations
separative	15	4	697	3	_separative_

Search took 5 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	95024	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	4.033	23561.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.423	40400.4