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

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

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86 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
gator	6	44	1603	(None)
gater	6	45	3364	1	gater
gators	7	41	1582	1	gators
abator	8	45	1271	2	abator
actor	7	11	1607	2	actor
atom	6	78	2452	2	_atom
atop	6	61	2475	2	_atop
baton	7	58	2242	2	baton
cantor	8	56	2152	2	cantor
captor	10	49	1460	2	captor
castor	8	44	1853	2	castor
cater	7	48	4070	2	cater
dater	6	53	3231	2	dater
dato	5	61	2994	2	dato_
datos	6	52	2278	2	datos
eater	5	46	3984	2	eater
factor	11	9	1145	2	factor
favor	11	47	1245	2	favor
fetor	8	12	1453	2	fetor
gager	7	47	2629	2	gager
gaiter	7	38	1950	2	gaiter
galop	8	47	1621	2	galop
galore	7	35	1484	2	galore
gamer	8	49	2894	2	gamer
ganof	9	54	2036	2	ganof
gaol	5	69	2541	2	ga_ol
gaper	8	61	2512	2	gaper
gar	4	72	5990	2	ga__r
garter	7	44	2051	2	garter
gaster	7	50	2735	2	gaster
gat	4	68	8051	2	gat__
gate	5	57	4657	2	gat_e
gated	7	53	2977	2	gated
gaters	7	47	2863	2	gaters
gates	6	59	3950	2	gates
gather	10	41	1585	2	gather
gats	5	67	5344	2	gat_s
gaur	5	67	2335	2	ga_ur
gavot	9	3	2111	2	gavot
gayer	9	45	1919	2	gayer
gazar	15	46	1298	2	gazar
gazer	15	57	2007	2	gazer
gazoo	15	31	1287	2	gazoo
glamor	9	5	818	2	glamor
gor	4	78	4826	2	g__or
grantor	8	40	1093	2	grantor
grater	7	46	2543	2	grater
gyrator	11	3	571	2	gyrator
hater	8	50	3475	2	hater
jato	11	58	2268	2	jato_
jatos	12	51	1682	2	jatos
labor	7	51	1731	2	labor
later	5	48	4392	2	later
legator	8	30	1113	2	legator
major	14	52	1292	2	major
manor	7	80	2392	2	manor
mater	7	44	3886	2	mater
mayor	10	66	1662	2	mayor
motor	7	53	1729	2	motor
negator	8	30	1067	2	negator
oater	5	54	3373	2	oater
orator	6	3	1453	2	orator
pastor	8	48	1748	2	pastor
pater	7	47	4072	2	pater
payor	10	54	1384	2	payor
raptor	8	39	1282	2	raptor
rater	5	49	4328	2	rater
rato	4	54	3697	2	rato_
ratos	5	55	2876	2	ratos
razor	14	30	1260	2	razor
rotor	5	55	1973	2	rotor
sapor	7	51	1925	2	sapor
sartor	6	3	1387	2	sartor
satori	6	4	1583	2	satori
satyr	8	4	848	2	satyr
savor	8	54	1794	2	savor
stator	6	40	1547	2	stator
tabor	7	55	1839	2	tabor
tatar	5	61	2206	2	tatar
tater	5	41	3861	2	tater
tor	3	92	6168	2	__tor
tutor	5	7	1249	2	tutor
valor	8	36	1489	2	valor
vapor	10	40	1309	2	vapor
viator	9	32	1183	2	viator
water	8	47	3331	2	water

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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	86	3.330	16156.2
3	Display Results	86	86	0.046	1869.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	86	3.469	51510.8