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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
castrates	11	3	1266	(None)
castrate	10	3	1386	1	castrate_
castrated	12	3	951	1	castrated
castrater	11	4	852	1	castrater
castraters	12	4	646	1	castraters
castratos	11	4	763	1	castratos
carates	9	56	3060	2	ca__rates
caseates	10	3	1370	2	cas_eates
casemates	13	4	951	2	casemates
castigates	13	4	755	2	castigates
castrati	10	4	864	2	castrat_i
castrato	10	4	852	2	castrat_o
castrator	11	4	763	2	castrator
castrators	12	4	743	2	castrators
citrates	10	23	1507	2	c_itrates
lustrates	9	3	945	2	lustrates
pastorates	12	4	1013	2	pastorates
tartrates	9	7	955	2	tartrates

Search took 4 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.423	35476.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.576	49969.5