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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “validate” 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
validate	12	3	900	(None)
validated	14	4	649	1	validated
validates	13	3	824	1	validates
alidade	9	3	699	2	_alidade
califate	13	3	1048	2	califate
invalidate	14	4	442	2	invalidate
kalifate	15	5	649	2	kalifate
lapidate	11	5	790	2	lapidate
revalidate	14	5	469	2	revalidate
salivate	11	3	1001	2	salivate
vaginate	12	39	1108	2	vaginate
valerate	11	3	1147	2	valerate
validity	15	4	599	2	validity
vallate	10	30	1656	2	val_late
valuate	10	25	1273	2	val_uate
valvate	13	37	1081	2	val_vate
vanadate	12	4	551	2	vanadate
variate	10	13	1643	2	vari_ate

Search took 6 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	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	4.920	24605.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.716	31261.5