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

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

22 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
vacated	13	4	935	(None)
vacate	11	3	1455	1	vacate_
vacates	12	3	1283	1	vacates
abated	9	59	1845	2	_abated
acted	8	85	2173	2	_ac_ted
alated	7	56	2514	2	_alated
aviated	11	3	1026	2	aviated
baccated	15	14	837	2	baccated
evacuated	15	19	626	2	evacuated
faceted	13	50	956	2	faceted
falcated	14	3	847	2	falcated
lactated	11	3	886	2	lactated
lanated	8	3	1320	2	lanated
located	10	31	1418	2	located
placated	13	3	845	2	placated
valeted	11	3	901	2	valeted
valuated	12	23	920	2	valuated
variated	12	12	1139	2	variated
vatted	10	42	1473	2	va_tted
vaulted	11	30	719	2	vaulted
vaunted	11	43	886	2	vaunted
yachted	16	3	485	2	yachted

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.750	28712.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.890	45936.0