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

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

10 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
abbreviates	18	5	168	(None)
abbreviate	17	7	196	1	abbreviate_
abbreviated	19	5	152	1	abbreviated
abbreviator	18	6	170	2	abbreviator
abbreviators	19	7	157	2	abbreviators
abbreviating	20	5	156	3	abbreviating
abbreviation	19	117	526	3	abbreviation
abbreviations	20	214	502	3	abbreviations
alleviates	13	4	494	3	a_lleviates
appreciates	17	5	472	3	appreciates

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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	10	4.220	28823.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.626	38627.5