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

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

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.

17 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
dictates	11	3	1138	(None)
dictate	10	3	1166	1	dictate_
dictated	12	3	920	1	dictated
nictates	10	3	959	1	nictates
dictator	11	4	726	2	dictator
dictators	12	4	736	2	dictators
diktats	12	3	562	2	diktat_s
dilates	8	32	2066	2	di_lates
disrates	9	11	1815	2	disrates
distastes	10	3	963	2	distastes
distaves	12	3	1140	2	distaves
lactates	10	3	1123	2	lactates
nictate	9	3	1022	2	nictate_
nictated	11	3	779	2	nictated
pectates	12	22	1395	2	pectates
picrates	12	20	1321	2	picrates
redictates	13	4	823	2	redictates

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.170	38189.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.563	50151.8