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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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23 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
depilate	11	3	1170	(None)
depilated	13	3	965	1	depilated
depilates	12	3	1092	1	depilates
epilate	9	3	1428	1	_epilate
dealate	8	36	1784	2	de_alate
decimate	13	4	1112	2	decimate
dedicate	12	3	1280	2	dedicate
defilade	13	12	443	2	defilade
deflate	11	36	1394	2	de_flate
delate	7	38	2775	2	de__late
delicate	11	3	1549	2	delicate
depilator	12	4	765	2	depilator
deplane	10	3	1141	2	dep_lane
deplete	10	30	1041	2	dep_lete
depurate	11	3	998	2	depurate
derivate	12	3	1120	2	derivate
desolate	9	4	1199	2	desolate
deviate	11	3	1271	2	devi_ate
dilate	7	32	2069	2	d__ilate
epilated	11	3	1075	2	_epilated
epilates	10	3	1350	2	_epilates
oppilate	12	4	586	2	oppilate
replate	9	34	2005	2	rep_late

Search took 4 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.406	35542.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.562	50165.9