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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “confederal” 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
confederal	16	5	392	(None)
nonfederal	14	5	434	1	nonfederal
confederacy	22	5	207	2	confederacy
confederate	17	5	483	2	confederate
conferral	14	4	632	2	confe_rral
conceder	13	3	874	3	conceder__
conceders	14	3	795	3	conceder_s
confederated	19	5	399	3	confederated
confederates	18	5	462	3	confederates
conferrals	15	4	540	3	confe_rrals
conferval	17	4	556	3	confe_rval
confider	14	3	812	3	confider__
confiders	15	3	748	3	confider_s
federal	11	4	853	3	___federal

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	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.593	21326.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.782	26347.8