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

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

14 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
federates	13	3	1015	(None)
federate	12	3	1088	1	federate_
federated	14	3	842	1	federated
deaerates	10	3	1364	2	deaerates
derates	8	40	2889	2	__derates
federacies	16	4	499	2	federacies
federalese	14	5	231	2	federalese
federals	12	4	730	2	federa_ls
federator	13	4	626	2	federator
federators	14	4	619	2	federators
ferrates	11	30	1342	2	fe_rrates
generates	10	3	1271	2	generates
moderates	12	7	1075	2	moderates
venerates	12	3	1226	2	venerates

Search took 5 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	121436	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.830	31706.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.203	42515.1