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

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

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
legislator	11	6	285	(None)
legislators	12	7	305	1	legislators
legislate	10	8	467	2	legislat_e
legislated	12	6	358	2	legislated
legislates	11	6	441	2	legislates
legislation	12	4	428	2	legislation
legislature	12	5	144	2	legislature
depilator	12	4	765	3	depi_lator
epilator	10	4	924	3	_epi_lator
legator	8	30	1113	3	leg___ator
legislating	13	4	341	3	legislating
legislations	13	4	375	3	legislations
legislative	15	5	267	3	legislative
legislatorial	14	6	127	3	legislator~~ial~~
legislatures	13	6	143	3	legislatures
legitimator	14	5	340	3	legitimator
levitator	12	4	549	3	levi_tator
regulator	10	4	697	3	reg_ulator

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	6.626	21219.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.032	25411.1