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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
legators	9	28	1103	(None)
legator	8	30	1113	1	legator_
legatos	8	27	1118	1	legato_s
levators	11	24	928	1	levators
negators	9	24	1117	1	negators
aerators	8	3	1561	2	aerators
delators	9	23	1483	2	delators
delegators	12	4	563	2	delegators
elevators	12	4	630	2	elevators
gators	7	41	1584	2	__gators
lectors	9	34	1577	2	le_ctors
legatees	9	25	843	2	legatees
legates	8	29	1768	2	legat_es
legations	10	27	1192	2	legations
legato	7	28	1095	2	legato__
levator	10	29	896	2	levator_
levatores	12	22	574	2	levatores
locators	10	29	1043	2	locators
megatons	11	27	970	2	megatons
negaters	9	34	978	2	negaters
negatons	9	29	927	2	negatons
negator	8	30	1067	2	negator_
relators	8	33	1613	2	relators
senators	8	3	1295	2	senators

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.440	35191.6
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.830	46655.6