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

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

13 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
preformatted	20	5	227	(None)
reformatted	17	5	262	1	_reformatted
formatted	15	4	488	3	___formatted
perforated	16	5	689	3	perfor_a_ted
preformat	16	4	636	3	preforma_t__
preformation	19	4	647	3	preformation
preformats	17	4	441	3	preforma_t_s
preformatting	21	5	207	3	preformatting
preformed	17	17	620	3	preform___ed
preformulated	21	6	203	3	preformulated
pretermitted	17	5	226	3	pretermitted
reformate	14	4	695	3	_reforma_te_
reformates	15	4	626	3	_reforma_tes

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	3.533	26896.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.906	45747.8