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

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

17 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
obligates	12	20	785	(None)
obligate	11	19	830	1	obligate_
obligated	13	18	690	1	obligated
obligatos	12	19	506	1	obligatos
ablegates	12	4	679	2	ablegates
colligates	13	4	771	2	colligates
ligates	8	23	1837	2	__ligates
obbligatos	15	6	206	2	obbligatos
oblates	9	19	1324	2	obl__ates
obligately	16	5	294	2	obligately
obligati	11	18	483	2	obligat_i
obligato	11	19	498	2	obligat_o
obligator	12	19	569	2	obligator
obligators	13	19	544	2	obligators
obligees	11	4	394	2	oblig_ees
obliges	10	3	714	2	oblig__es
obviates	13	4	515	2	obvi_ates

Search took 5 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	4.063	29888.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.219	42353.9