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

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

23 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
aerators	8	3	1562	(None)
aerator	7	3	1485	1	aerator_
abators	9	44	1310	2	a_bators
ablators	10	6	989	2	ablators
aerates	7	46	2750	2	aerat_es
aerations	9	3	1790	2	aerations
aviators	11	16	992	2	aviators
barrators	11	4	840	2	barrators
creators	10	28	1442	2	creators
curators	10	3	1172	2	curators
deaerators	11	10	771	2	deaerators
delators	9	23	1483	2	delators
gyrators	12	4	600	2	gyrators
heritors	11	3	1090	2	heritors
legators	9	28	1103	2	legators
levators	11	24	929	2	levators
macerators	14	16	748	2	macerators
narrators	9	4	786	2	narrators
negators	9	24	1117	2	negators
operators	11	4	1075	2	operators
orators	7	3	1382	2	_orators
relators	8	33	1614	2	relators
senators	8	3	1295	2	senators

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	4.140	29241.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.549	39281.4