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

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

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.

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
filiates	11	4	1266	(None)
ciliates	10	4	1345	1	ciliates
filiate	10	4	1423	1	filiate_
filiated	12	6	1008	1	filiated
foliates	11	4	1275	1	foliates
affiliates	16	4	489	2	affiliates
ciliate	9	5	1460	2	ciliate_
ciliated	11	5	1095	2	ciliated
dilates	8	32	2066	2	dil_ates
fellates	11	3	1275	2	fellates
filister	11	3	740	2	filister
filisters	12	3	700	2	filisters
filtrates	12	4	773	2	filtrates
finites	10	3	1592	2	fini_tes
fixates	17	3	739	2	fi_xates
flites	9	51	2244	2	f_li_tes
folates	10	32	1845	2	fol_ates
foliages	12	4	762	2	foliages
foliate	10	5	1353	2	foliate_
foliated	12	4	991	2	foliated
militates	11	3	1088	2	militates
silicates	11	3	1152	2	silicates
vitiates	11	23	1143	2	vitiates

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	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.546	50392.3