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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “meditates” 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.

19 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
meditates	12	3	981	(None)
mediates	11	28	1406	1	medi_ates
medicates	14	3	1211	1	medicates
meditate	11	3	1062	1	meditate_
meditated	13	4	808	1	meditated
dedicates	13	3	1169	2	dedicates
hesitates	12	6	979	2	hesitates
levitates	12	4	786	2	levitates
mediate	10	34	1521	2	medi_ate_
mediated	12	30	1187	2	medi_ated
medicares	14	4	687	2	medicares
medicate	13	5	1324	2	medicate_
medicated	15	4	1007	2	medicated
meditator	12	4	659	2	meditator
meditators	13	4	626	2	meditators
metates	9	27	2001	2	me__tates
militates	11	3	1088	2	militates
redictates	13	4	823	2	redictates
veritates	12	3	1097	2	veritates

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	3.186	38115.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.579	49927.6