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

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

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.

25 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
dates	6	56	3915	(None)
ates	4	50	4792	1	_ates
bates	7	58	4634	1	bates
cates	7	59	5187	1	cates
daces	8	50	3068	1	daces
dales	6	64	3974	1	dales
dames	8	54	3585	1	dames
dares	6	61	4670	1	dares
date	5	64	4332	1	date_
dated	7	55	3099	1	dated
dater	6	53	3231	1	dater
daters	7	48	2736	1	daters
datos	6	52	2278	1	datos
dazes	15	50	2414	1	dazes
dites	6	63	3915	1	dites
dotes	6	58	3669	1	dotes
fates	8	51	3923	1	fates
gates	6	59	3950	1	gates
hates	8	67	4257	1	hates
mates	7	52	5136	1	mates
nates	5	52	3833	1	nates
pates	7	60	4789	1	pates
rates	5	53	5201	1	rates
sates	5	49	4932	1	sates
tates	5	54	4498	1	tates

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	25	0.500	57512.0
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	0.592	301842.9