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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “congregators” 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
congregators	16	5	383	(None)
congregator	15	5	411	1	congregator_
congregates	15	4	550	2	congregat_es
congregations	17	18	641	2	congregations
cocreators	14	4	714	3	co_cre_ators
congregants	15	5	315	3	congrega_nts
congregate	14	4	524	3	congregat__e
congregated	16	4	473	3	congregat_ed
congregating	17	5	428	3	congregating
congregation	16	22	676	3	congregation
conservators	17	5	597	3	conservators
correlators	13	4	559	3	co_rrelators

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	4.156	22864.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.515	39577.2