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

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

16 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
acervate	13	3	698	(None)
acerate	9	28	1891	1	acer_ate
acerbate	12	4	753	1	acerbate
acerated	11	31	1399	2	acer_ated
acerbated	14	6	556	2	acerbated
acerbates	13	4	726	2	acerbates
acetate	9	25	1475	2	ace_tate
acierate	10	3	1181	2	acier_ate
activate	13	5	1037	2	activate
aerate	6	48	3055	2	a_er_ate
cerate	8	48	2946	2	_cer_ate
coacervate	17	6	372	2	coacervate
enervate	11	4	846	2	enervate
lacerate	10	22	1471	2	lacer_ate
macerate	12	23	1407	2	macer_ate
nervate	10	3	953	2	_nervate

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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.173	29010.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.546	39307.3