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

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

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.

20 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
bidentate	12	4	506	(None)
bidental	11	4	659	2	bidenta_l
dentate	8	3	1515	2	__dentate
edentate	9	4	770	2	_edentate
biennale	10	4	410	3	bi_ennale
binate	8	4	1977	3	bi__n_ate
bipinnate	13	4	276	3	bipinnate
biseriate	11	4	767	3	biseriate
biserrate	11	4	578	3	biserrate
bistate	9	3	1382	3	bi__state
biteplate	13	4	446	3	biteplate
dentated	10	4	1170	3	__dentated
edentates	10	4	695	3	_edentates
ideate	7	3	1368	3	_ide__ate
identity	12	4	537	3	_identity
licentiate	12	5	480	3	licentiate
orientate	9	4	651	3	orientate
potentate	11	9	725	3	potentate
videotape	15	15	272	3	videotape
vidette	11	6	754	3	vide_t_te

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	148641	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	6.906	21523.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.372	24239.1