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

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

30 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
plicate	11	3	1451	(None)
placate	11	3	1243	1	placate
plicae	10	4	1095	1	plica_e
plicated	13	3	1064	1	plicated
climate	11	3	1283	2	climate
delicate	11	3	1549	2	delicate
duplicate	14	4	700	2	duplicate
explicate	20	11	749	2	explicate
implicate	15	4	727	2	implicate
ligate	7	25	1925	2	_ligate
locate	8	39	1984	2	_locate
picante	11	3	1052	2	p_icante
picrate	11	20	1414	2	p_icrate
pileate	9	38	1592	2	pileate
pirate	8	23	2288	2	p_irate
placated	13	3	845	2	placated
placater	12	3	801	2	placater
placates	12	3	1175	2	placates
planate	9	3	1457	2	planate
plate	7	46	3511	2	pl__ate
plica	9	6	1337	2	plica__
plical	10	4	1168	2	plica_l
plicately	16	4	456	2	plicately
plicature	13	4	402	2	plicature
plumate	11	4	980	2	plumate
primate	11	15	1628	2	primate
private	12	15	1326	2	private
replicate	13	4	1004	2	replicate
silicate	10	3	1262	2	silicate
spicate	11	32	1419	2	spicate

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	30	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	30	30	0.013	2307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	30	3.559	50208.2