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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “platemakers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
platemakers	19	5	282	(None)
platemaker	18	5	290	1	platemaker_
pacemakers	20	10	426	2	p_acemakers
peacemakers	21	10	246	2	peacemakers
playmakers	21	4	310	2	pla_ymakers
glassmakers	18	5	228	3	glassmakers
hatmakers	18	10	517	3	_hat_makers
lawmakers	18	4	389	3	_la_wmakers
lovemakers	19	4	307	3	_lovemakers
pacemaker	19	10	476	3	p_acemaker_
papermakers	21	5	325	3	p_apermakers
peacemaker	20	14	265	3	peacemaker_
phrasemakers	23	5	168	3	phrasemakers
platemaking	20	8	325	3	platemaking
platemakings	21	8	240	3	platemakings
playmaker	20	4	362	3	pla_ymaker_
tastemakers	17	5	251	3	tastemakers

Search took 6 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	121633	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	5.546	21931.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.702	31338.3