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

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

10 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
initiators	10	12	731	(None)
initiator	9	9	811	1	initiator_
initiatory	13	12	581	1	initiatory
imitators	11	4	701	2	imit_ators
initialers	10	5	304	2	initialers
initiates	9	4	1118	2	initiat_es
initiations	11	4	1072	2	initiations
instigators	12	4	592	2	instigators
nitrators	9	4	921	2	_nitrators
vitiators	12	4	692	2	_vitiators

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	108824	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	10	2.766	39343.5
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.139	56926.1