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

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

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.

14 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
ameliorative	17	5	294	(None)
meliorative	16	5	515	1	_meliorative
ameliorate	12	4	473	2	ameliorat__e
ameliorating	15	5	307	2	ameliorating
amelioration	14	6	400	2	amelioration
ameliorated	14	5	341	3	ameliorat_ed
ameliorates	13	5	424	3	ameliorat_es
ameliorations	15	6	319	3	ameliorations
ameliorator	13	10	264	3	ameliorat_or
ameliorators	14	11	252	3	ameliorators
amelioratory	17	11	206	3	amelioratory
meliorate	11	7	948	3	_meliorat__e
meliorating	14	4	656	3	_meliorating
melioration	13	6	818	3	_melioration

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	3.656	25991.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.029	44351.2