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

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

12 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
ablegates	12	4	679	(None)
ablegate	11	4	725	1	ablegate_
abnegates	12	4	494	1	abnegates
ablates	9	24	1690	2	abl__ates
abnegate	11	4	486	2	abnegate_
abnegated	13	4	416	2	abnegated
abrogates	12	10	897	2	abrogates
delegates	11	3	984	2	delegates
legates	8	29	1768	2	__legates
obligates	12	20	785	2	obligates
relegates	10	3	1094	2	relegates
tablemates	14	4	469	2	tablemates

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	12	3.343	36325.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.749	47663.6