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

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

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
validates	13	3	824	(None)
validate	12	3	900	1	validate_
validated	14	4	649	1	validated
alidades	10	3	700	2	_alidades
califates	14	3	1011	2	califates
invalidates	15	5	406	2	invalidates
kalifates	16	4	613	2	kalifates
lapidates	12	4	714	2	lapidates
revalidates	15	5	436	2	revalidates
salivates	12	3	929	2	salivates
valerates	12	3	1054	2	valerates
validities	14	4	730	2	validities
valuates	11	28	1120	2	val_uates
vanadates	13	4	513	2	vanadates
variates	11	12	1498	2	vari_ates

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.890	31217.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.299	41565.7