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

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

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50 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
stator	6	40	1548	(None)
stater	6	44	2756	1	stater
stators	7	39	1558	1	stators
abator	8	45	1272	2	abator
citator	9	3	1012	2	citator
gator	6	44	1604	2	_gator
orator	6	3	1453	2	orator
rotator	7	3	1083	2	rotator
sapor	7	51	1925	2	s_apor
sartor	6	3	1388	2	sartor
satori	6	4	1584	2	s_atori
satyr	8	4	848	2	s_atyr
savor	8	54	1794	2	s_avor
seater	6	45	3416	2	seater
sector	8	34	1593	2	sector
senator	7	3	1307	2	senator
skater	10	50	1549	2	skater
skatol	10	3	572	2	skatol
slater	6	44	2918	2	slater
stager	7	48	2134	2	stager
stair	5	47	1994	2	sta_ir
staler	6	40	2582	2	staler
stanol	6	3	1072	2	stanol
star	4	80	3776	2	sta__r
starer	6	40	2736	2	starer
starter	7	38	1788	2	starter
stat	4	73	5269	2	stat__
statal	6	16	1322	2	statal
state	5	62	3733	2	stat_e
stated	7	54	2783	2	stated
staters	7	39	2234	2	staters
states	6	43	3708	2	states
static	8	31	1868	2	static
statin	6	39	2147	2	statin
station	7	27	1724	2	station
stats	5	59	3336	2	stat_s
statue	6	60	1532	2	statue
stature	7	44	1068	2	stature
status	6	55	1521	2	status
stayer	9	45	1648	2	stayer
stentor	7	3	938	2	stentor
stertor	7	3	1009	2	stertor
stupor	8	3	601	2	stupor
suitor	6	33	1105	2	suitor
tabor	7	55	1839	2	_tabor
tatar	5	61	2206	2	_tatar
tater	5	41	3861	2	_tater
testator	8	4	737	2	testator
tutor	5	7	1249	2	_tutor
viator	9	32	1183	2	viator

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	82551	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	50	2.983	27673.8
3	Display Results	50	50	0.016	3125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	50	3.375	52945.5