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

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

11 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
ancestors	11	4	723	(None)
ancestor	10	4	685	1	ancestor_
accentors	13	11	605	2	accentors
acceptors	15	11	479	2	acceptors
ancestored	13	4	365	2	ancestored
ancestry	13	4	439	2	ancest_ry
arrestors	9	5	803	2	arrestors
attestors	9	4	575	2	attestors
inceptors	13	4	577	2	inceptors
investors	12	22	772	2	investors
nestors	7	36	1497	2	_n_estors

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	11	3.720	32644.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.013	846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.123	43340.0