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

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

16 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
plateau	9	3	740	(None)
plateaus	10	3	553	1	plateaus
plateaux	17	4	287	1	plateaux
bateau	8	8	1056	2	_bateau
chateau	12	3	627	2	chateau
gateau	7	7	811	2	_gateau
platan	8	39	1369	2	plat_an
plate	7	46	3511	2	plate__
plateaued	12	4	257	2	plateaued
plated	9	52	2577	2	plate_d
plateful	13	4	543	2	plateful
platen	8	45	1820	2	plate_n
platens	9	42	1398	2	platens
plater	8	44	2769	2	plate_r
platers	9	39	2409	2	platers
plates	8	54	3224	2	plate_s

Search took 6 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	107671	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	4.813	22370.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.249	34042.9