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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
virgates	12	3	792	(None)
virgate	11	3	873	1	virgate_
airdates	9	3	972	2	airdates
ergates	8	3	1449	2	_ergates
frigates	12	3	1093	2	frigates
ingates	8	27	1691	2	_ingates
ligates	8	23	1838	2	li_gates
migrates	11	11	1285	2	migrates
pirates	9	30	2033	2	pir_ates
variates	11	12	1498	2	variates
vibrates	13	22	1061	2	vibrates
violates	11	3	1119	2	violates
viragoes	12	4	523	2	viragoes
virgas	10	4	888	2	virga__s
virgules	12	4	433	2	virgules
vitiates	11	23	1143	2	vitiates
vulgates	12	23	723	2	vulgates

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.156	38358.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.562	50165.9