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

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

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78 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
chelator	13	4	791	(None)
chelators	14	4	816	1	chelators
cheater	12	48	1696	2	che_ater
chelate	12	29	1489	2	chelat_e
chelated	14	26	1048	2	chelated
chelates	13	27	1384	2	chelates
chelation	14	3	996	2	chelation
collator	10	3	1037	2	collator
creator	9	37	1444	2	cre_ator
cremator	12	6	919	2	cremator
delator	8	30	1502	2	_delator
relator	7	40	1636	2	_relator
ablator	9	3	984	3	_ablator
adulator	9	4	859	3	adulator
aerator	7	3	1484	3	_aerator
belabor	11	3	629	3	_belabor
caveator	13	8	723	3	caveator
celadon	10	3	691	3	c_eladon
chador	12	3	867	3	ch__ador
chantor	12	37	1031	3	ch_antor
cheaper	14	40	1058	3	che_aper
cheapo	13	48	1008	3	che_apo_
cheapos	14	41	851	3	che_apos
cheat	10	57	3245	3	che_at__
cheated	13	44	1634	3	che_ated
cheaters	13	36	1351	3	che_aters
cheats	11	45	1954	3	che_at_s
chela	10	39	1680	3	chela___
chelae	11	36	1460	3	chela__e
chelas	11	38	1720	3	chela__s
chelating	15	4	936	3	chelating
chelations	15	3	907	3	chelations
cheliform	19	4	391	3	cheliform
cholate	12	21	1493	3	cholat_e
cholates	13	24	1476	3	cholates
citator	9	3	1012	3	c_itator
clamor	10	4	945	3	c__lamor
coeditor	11	4	572	3	coeditor
coenamor	12	4	480	3	coenamor
collators	11	4	1034	3	collators
correlator	12	4	569	3	correlator
creators	10	28	1441	3	cre_ators
creditor	11	4	590	3	creditor
cremators	13	6	982	3	cremators
crematory	16	4	721	3	crematory
curator	9	3	1221	3	c_urator
deflator	12	32	834	3	deflator
delators	9	23	1482	3	_delators
dilator	8	27	1278	3	_dilator
elater	6	47	2420	3	__elater
elevator	11	4	671	3	elevator
emulator	10	4	874	3	emulator
epilator	10	4	924	3	epilator
escheator	14	6	415	3	esche_ator
fellator	11	7	671	3	fellator
gelato	7	38	1295	3	_gelato_
gelatos	8	31	1151	3	_gelatos
heater	9	48	2830	3	_he_ater
hector	11	33	1265	3	_he_ctor
heritor	10	3	1056	3	_heritor
idolator	9	4	624	3	idolator
inflator	11	5	803	3	inflator
inhalator	12	4	505	3	inhalator
isolator	8	4	753	3	isolator
legator	8	30	1113	3	_legator
levator	10	29	896	3	_levator
negator	8	30	1067	3	_negator
operator	10	3	1009	3	operator
predator	11	3	1005	3	predator
realtor	7	36	1135	3	_realtor
relater	7	37	2314	3	_relater
relators	8	33	1612	3	_relators
revelator	12	8	653	3	revelator
rhetor	9	3	806	3	rhe__tor
senator	7	3	1307	3	_senator
shelter	10	32	1496	3	shel_ter
theater	10	40	1425	3	the_ater
violator	11	4	628	3	violator

Search took 8 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	146162	0.843	211970.3
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	78	6.440	22696.0
3	Display Results	78	78	0.030	2600.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	78	7.313	24434.7