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

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

25 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
sorbate	9	3	1173	(None)
sorbates	10	3	1110	1	sorbates
adsorbate	12	4	318	2	adsorbate
ascorbate	13	4	446	2	ascorbate
barbate	11	3	1454	2	barbate
borate	8	50	2615	2	bor_ate
cordate	10	3	1522	2	cordate
forbade	13	25	910	2	forbade
forbare	12	23	1051	2	forbare
formate	12	31	1509	2	formate
lobate	8	29	1524	2	lo_bate
orate	5	51	3330	2	_or_ate
ornate	6	3	1513	2	_ornate
probate	11	4	1448	2	probate
seriate	7	37	2247	2	seriate
serrate	7	30	1754	2	serrate
solate	6	45	2607	2	so_late
solvate	10	27	1021	2	solvate
sorbable	12	3	930	2	sorbable
sorbet	8	39	2408	2	sorbet_
sorbets	9	30	1251	2	sorbets
sorbose	9	3	898	2	sorbose
sororate	8	4	1117	2	sororate
striate	7	42	1895	2	striate
surbase	9	3	979	2	surbase

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.423	31455.2
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.579	49927.6