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

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

12 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
actuated	11	3	874	(None)
actuate	9	3	1144	1	actuate_
actuates	10	3	1031	1	actuates
acerated	11	31	1399	2	acerated
acetated	11	20	1068	2	acetated
activated	15	6	788	2	activated
actuator	10	4	664	2	actuator
acuate	8	3	1563	2	ac_uate_
acylated	14	3	787	2	acylated
arcuated	11	3	880	2	arcuated
lactated	11	3	887	2	lact_ated
situated	9	3	803	2	situated

Search took 10 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	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	8.203	14757.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	9.015	19821.5