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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “abbreviators” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

10 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
abbreviators	19	7	157	(None)
abbreviator	18	6	170	1	abbreviator_
abbreviates	18	5	168	2	abbreviat_es
abbreviations	20	214	502	2	abbreviations
abbreviate	17	7	196	3	abbreviat__e
abbreviated	19	5	152	3	abbreviat_ed
abbreviating	20	5	156	3	abbreviating
abbreviation	19	117	526	3	abbreviation
alleviators	14	10	317	3	a_lleviators
appreciators	18	5	351	3	appreciators

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	95024	0.250	714764.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	10	5.170	18379.9
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	5.436	32871.8