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

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

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
devastator	14	5	314	(None)
devastators	15	5	292	1	devastators
devastate	13	4	495	2	devastat_e
devastated	15	4	412	2	devastated
devastates	14	4	466	2	devastates
devastation	15	4	673	2	devastation
deaerator	10	12	811	3	de_aerator
decapitator	16	5	380	3	decapitator
defalcator	16	4	317	3	defalcator
devastating	16	4	470	3	devastating
devastations	16	4	582	3	devastations
devastative	18	5	343	3	devastative
deviator	12	4	831	3	dev__iator
dilatator	10	4	414	3	dila_tator
evacuator	14	11	493	3	_evacuator
evaluator	12	10	496	3	_evaluator
levitator	12	4	549	3	lev_itator
testator	8	4	737	3	te__stator

Search took 8 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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	6.673	21070.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.125	25079.4