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

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

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
annihilate	13	5	347	(None)
annihilated	15	5	287	1	annihilated
annihilates	14	5	315	1	annihilates
annihilator	14	5	277	2	annihilator
annihilating	16	5	308	3	annihilating
annihilation	15	9	450	3	annihilation
annihilators	15	5	277	3	annihilators
annihilatory	18	6	217	3	annihilatory
annulate	8	3	1092	3	ann__ulate
anticipate	14	6	773	3	anticipate
assimilate	12	5	449	3	assimilate
invigilate	14	4	476	3	invigilate

Search took 8 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	6.873	20457.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.312	24438.0