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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “formulate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

13 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
formulate	14	4	699	(None)
formulae	13	4	598	1	formula_e
formulated	16	4	556	1	formulated
formulates	15	4	654	1	formulates
formate	12	31	1509	2	form__ate
formula	12	4	629	2	formula__
formulaic	16	5	250	2	formulaic
formulary	17	4	384	2	formulary
formulas	13	4	630	2	formula_s
formulator	15	6	458	2	formulator
formulize	23	26	562	2	formulize
fortunate	12	4	545	2	fortunate
reformulate	16	5	302	2	reformulate

Search took 8 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	0.800	223363.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	6.826	17790.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.626	23431.8