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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “confederates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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55 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
confederates	18	5	462	(None)
confederate	17	5	483	1	confederate_
confederated	19	5	399	1	confederated
confederacies	21	6	267	2	confederacies
nonfederated	17	5	336	2	nonfederated
concelebrates	19	11	358	3	concelebrates
concentrates	16	11	821	3	concentrates
confederacy	22	5	207	3	confedera_cy
confederal	16	5	392	3	confedera__l
confederating	20	5	401	3	confederating
confederation	19	9	525	3	confederation
confederations	20	10	460	3	confederations
confederative	22	5	375	3	confederative
consecrates	15	4	839	3	conse_crates
considerate	14	5	547	3	considerate_
federates	13	3	1015	3	___federates
coelenterates	15	5	285	4	coelenterates
commemorates	17	5	357	4	commemorates
commiserates	18	5	360	4	commiserates
concatenates	16	5	453	4	concatenates
conceders	14	3	795	4	conceder___s
concelebrate	18	10	359	4	concelebrate_
concelebrated	20	9	305	4	concelebrated
concentrate	15	11	835	4	concentrate_
concentrated	17	11	673	4	concentrated
condensates	14	4	531	4	conde_nsates
conepates	13	9	1228	4	con___epates
confabulates	19	5	349	4	confabulates
conferees	14	6	1062	4	conf__er_ees
conferences	18	9	881	4	confere_nces
conferrals	15	4	540	4	confe_rra_ls
conferrees	15	4	610	4	conf__errees
conferrences	19	10	607	4	conferrences
confidantes	17	5	414	4	confid_antes
confidences	19	4	663	4	confide_nces
confiders	15	3	748	4	confider___s
confiscates	18	5	404	4	conf_iscates
conflates	14	3	1113	4	conf___lates
confreres	14	4	803	4	conf_rer__es
conglomerates	18	6	294	4	conglomerates
congregates	15	4	550	4	con_gregates
consecrate	14	4	843	4	conse_crate_
consecrated	16	4	691	4	conse_crated
considerables	18	6	191	4	considerables
considerately	19	6	260	4	considerately
consternates	14	5	505	4	con_sternates
contemplates	18	5	528	4	contemplates
cooperates	14	6	961	4	co__operates
federate	12	3	1088	4	___federate_
federated	14	3	842	4	___federated
intenerates	11	4	808	4	_intenerates
moderates	12	7	1075	4	mo___derates
nondelegates	14	5	286	4	nondelegates
nonfederal	14	5	434	4	nonfedera__l
nonliterates	12	5	545	4	nonliterates

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	124790	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	55	7.483	16676.5
3	Display Results	55	55	0.046	1195.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	7.669	23300.4