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

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

18 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
gestating	11	22	998	(None)
estating	9	26	1499	1	_estating
restating	10	23	1941	1	restating
gelating	10	30	1573	2	ge_lating
gemmating	15	7	644	2	gemmating
gestation	10	3	1066	2	gestation
gestations	11	3	977	2	gestations
gestative	13	4	730	2	gestative
gesturing	11	3	665	2	gesturing
getting	9	33	1656	2	ge_t_ting
hesitating	14	4	800	2	hesitating
instating	10	8	1221	2	instating
reseating	10	24	2153	2	reseating
reslating	10	25	1699	2	reslating
restaging	11	24	1085	2	restaging
restarting	11	3	1066	2	restarting
stating	8	37	2516	2	__stating
unstating	10	7	1121	2	unstating

Search took 10 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	0.783	228213.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	8.076	15036.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.875	20134.2