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

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

12 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
approximates	25	11	264	(None)
approximate	24	13	288	1	approximate_
approximated	26	14	240	1	approximated
approximately	29	8	157	2	approximately
appreciates	17	5	472	3	appreci_ates
approbates	16	4	585	3	appro__bates
appropriates	15	6	406	3	appropriates
approximating	27	6	180	3	approximating
approximation	26	5	223	3	approximation
approximations	27	6	196	3	approximations
approximative	29	6	192	3	approximative
proximate	20	4	577	3	__proximate_

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	3.923	24222.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.296	41594.7