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

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

19 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
meditate	11	3	1062	(None)
mediate	10	34	1521	1	medi_ate
medicate	13	5	1324	1	medicate
meditated	13	4	808	1	meditated
meditates	12	3	981	1	meditates
dedicate	12	3	1280	2	dedicate
hesitate	11	6	997	2	hesitate
levitate	11	3	793	2	levitate
mediae	9	42	1741	2	medi_a_e
mediated	12	30	1187	2	medi_ated
mediates	11	28	1406	2	medi_ates
medicare	13	4	748	2	medicare
medicated	15	4	1007	2	medicated
medicates	14	3	1211	2	medicates
meditative	16	4	628	2	meditative
meditator	12	4	659	2	meditator
metate	8	27	2053	2	me__tate
militate	10	3	1167	2	militate
redictate	12	4	906	2	redictate

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	0.593	301333.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.343	36212.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.952	45215.3