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

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

20 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
sterilant	9	4	728	(None)
sterilants	10	4	407	1	sterilants
interplant	12	11	957	3	interplant
iterant	7	3	1778	3	iter__ant
overplant	14	25	1071	3	overplant
sealant	7	31	1830	3	s_e_alant
sergeant	9	12	940	3	s_ergeant
serjeant	15	9	647	3	s_erjeant
servant	10	3	1362	3	s_er_vant
sibilant	10	15	827	3	s_ibilant
sterical	10	3	1125	3	sterica_l
sterile	7	3	1660	3	steril__e
sterilely	12	4	462	3	sterilely
sterilise	9	4	899	3	sterilise
sterility	12	4	776	3	sterility
sterilize	18	4	830	3	sterilize
sterlet	7	13	1847	3	ster_l_et
sterling	9	36	1555	3	ster_ling
stimulant	11	4	516	3	stimulant
strident	9	3	1017	3	st_rident

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.076	21006.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.232	24708.4