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

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

24 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
ratifier	11	3	967	(None)
gratifier	13	4	582	1	gratifier
ratified	12	3	1050	1	ratified
ratifiers	12	3	645	1	ratifiers
ratifies	11	3	1351	1	ratifies
artificer	14	4	402	2	artificer
basifier	13	3	731	2	basifier
gasifier	12	3	627	2	gasifier
gratified	14	4	625	2	gratified
gratifiers	14	4	386	2	gratifiers
gratifies	13	4	799	2	gratifies
notifier	11	3	742	2	notifier
pacifier	15	5	750	2	pacifier
rainier	7	16	1426	2	ra_inier
ramified	14	3	804	2	ramified
ramifies	13	3	1050	2	ramifies
rarefier	11	3	535	2	rarefier
rarified	12	3	905	2	rarified
rarifies	11	3	1193	2	rarifies
rattier	7	40	1559	2	rat_tier
rectifier	14	5	773	2	rectifier
reifier	10	34	1452	2	r_eifier
rotifer	10	3	699	2	rotif_er
satisfier	12	4	373	2	satisfier

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.640	33258.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	4.046	44164.9