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

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

17 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
apostolate	12	4	451	(None)
apostolates	13	5	419	1	apostolates
apostate	10	4	985	2	apost__ate
postulate	11	6	981	2	_postulate
apholate	13	4	1047	3	ap__holate
apocopate	15	4	503	3	apo_copate
apostates	11	4	916	3	apost__ates
apostille	11	4	424	3	apostil_le
apostle	9	3	785	3	apost_l__e
apostolic	13	4	455	3	apostol_ic
expostulate	20	5	245	3	expostulate
ostomate	10	4	957	3	__ostomate
pastorate	11	4	1118	3	_pastorate
postdate	11	3	965	3	_post_date
postulated	13	7	765	3	_postulated
postulates	12	6	896	3	_postulates
pustulate	11	7	724	3	_pustulate

Search took 7 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	140603	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.346	22156.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.749	26476.7