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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “alternates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

14 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
alternates	10	4	787	(None)
altercates	12	4	755	1	altercates
alternate	9	4	811	1	alternate_
alternated	11	4	572	1	alternated
alienates	9	3	1068	2	alie_nates
aliterates	10	15	1076	2	aliter_ates
alterants	9	7	910	2	alterant_s
altercate	11	4	785	2	altercate_
altercated	13	4	545	2	altercated
alternants	10	5	511	2	alternants
alternately	14	5	277	2	alternately
alternatives	15	5	325	2	alternatives
alternator	10	4	455	2	alternator
alternators	11	5	410	2	alternators

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	108824	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	14	4.436	24532.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.828	37011.4