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

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

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
exaggerated	21	5	376	(None)
exaggerate	19	5	433	1	exaggerate_
exaggerates	20	5	413	1	exaggerates
exaggeratedly	26	9	167	2	exaggeratedly
exaggerator	20	5	243	2	exaggerator
exasperated	21	5	331	2	exasperated
exacerbated	23	12	270	3	exa_cerbated
exaggerating	22	5	318	3	exaggerating
exaggeration	21	5	386	3	exaggeration
exaggerative	24	7	263	3	exaggerative
exaggerators	21	6	224	3	exaggerators
exaggeratory	24	6	187	3	exaggeratory
exasperate	19	5	402	3	exasperate_
exasperates	20	5	378	3	exasperates
exenterated	19	6	479	3	exenterated
exonerated	18	10	600	3	ex_onerated
exuberated	20	4	449	3	ex_uberated

Search took 6 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	121633	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	5.470	22236.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.859	30498.5