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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “epilate” 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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23 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
epilate	9	3	1428	(None)
depilate	11	3	1170	1	depilate
epilated	11	3	1075	1	epilated
epilates	10	3	1350	1	epilates
depilated	13	3	965	2	depilated
depilates	12	3	1092	2	depilates
dilate	7	32	2069	2	_dilate
elate	5	53	3588	2	e__late
emirate	9	10	1583	2	emirate
emulate	9	3	1412	2	emulate
epidote	10	3	739	2	epidote
epilator	10	4	924	2	epilator
etiolate	8	4	952	2	etiolate
expiate	16	9	1059	2	expi_ate
opiate	8	5	1346	2	opi_ate
oppilate	12	4	586	2	oppilate
palate	8	42	2679	2	_palate
pileate	9	38	1592	2	_pileate
pirate	8	23	2288	2	_pirate
plate	7	46	3511	2	_p_late
replate	9	34	2005	2	rep_late
spicate	11	32	1419	2	spicate
spinate	9	31	1481	2	spinate

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.000	35890.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.373	52976.9