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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “estivate” 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.

16 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
estivate	11	10	1000	(None)
aestivate	12	12	766	1	aestivate
estimate	10	9	1200	1	estimate
estivated	13	10	832	1	estivated
estivates	12	10	974	1	estivates
activate	13	5	1037	2	activate
aestivated	14	10	629	2	aestivated
aestivates	13	10	735	2	aestivates
estate	6	47	1976	2	est__ate
estimated	12	10	944	2	estimated
estimates	11	9	1135	2	estimates
estival	10	3	632	2	estiva_l
estivator	12	4	629	2	estivator
festinate	12	4	947	2	festinate
motivate	13	4	769	2	motivate
titivate	11	4	680	2	titivate

Search took 7 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	6.563	18445.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.716	26606.8