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

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

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
traitors	8	3	1079	(None)
tractors	10	3	1257	1	tractors
traitor	7	3	1012	1	traitor_
grantors	9	38	1036	2	grantors
orators	7	3	1382	2	ora_tors
praetors	10	3	983	2	praetors
raptors	9	42	1335	2	_raptors
tailors	7	32	1239	2	t_ailors
tractor	9	3	1134	2	tractor_
traditor	9	4	594	2	traditor_
traditores	11	4	524	2	traditores
trailers	8	29	1292	2	trailers
trainers	8	31	1464	2	trainers
traitoress	10	4	362	2	traitoress
traitorous	10	5	476	2	traitorous
traits	6	51	2198	2	trait__s
tritons	7	38	1488	2	tr_itons
trustors	8	26	891	2	trustors

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.610	33534.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.999	44683.9