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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “postdoctorate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

13 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
postdoctorate	18	7	116	(None)
postdoctoral	17	6	184	2	postdoctora_l
doctorate	12	4	679	4	____doctorate
postliterate	14	6	252	4	post_literate
protectorate	16	5	351	4	prot_ectorate
doctorates	13	4	620	5	____doctorates
inspectorate	16	6	189	5	ins_pectorate
pastorate	11	4	1117	5	pas____torate
postdate	11	3	965	5	postd_____ate
postdebate	15	5	275	5	postd___ebate
postdivorce	19	6	103	5	postd_ivor_ce
predoctoral	16	6	313	5	p_redoctora_l
protectorates	17	5	286	5	prot_ectorates

Search took 9 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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	8.156	15300.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.549	20902.0