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

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

18 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
petitioner	12	4	415	(None)
petitioned	13	4	417	1	petitioned
petitioners	13	5	343	1	petitioners
partitioner	13	5	345	2	partitioner
petition	10	7	1175	2	petition__
petitionary	16	5	376	2	petitionary
petitions	11	5	1108	2	petition_s
mentioner	11	4	669	3	me_ntioner
partitioned	14	5	350	3	partitioned
partitioners	14	5	263	3	partitioners
pensioner	11	4	666	3	pe_nsioner
peritonea	11	4	730	3	perit_onea
petitioning	14	5	404	3	petitioning
pettier	9	42	1361	3	pet_ti__er
portioner	11	5	868	3	p_ortioner
positioned	13	9	600	3	positioned
practitioner	16	5	189	3	practitioner
stationer	9	4	603	3	_stationer

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	5.970	23551.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.403	27907.4