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

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

18 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
deactivator	17	5	284	(None)
deactivators	18	5	257	1	deactivators
activator	14	4	644	2	__activator
deactivate	16	4	462	2	deactivat_e
deactivated	18	4	373	2	deactivated
deactivates	17	4	439	2	deactivates
deactivation	18	15	608	2	deactivation
activators	15	4	594	3	__activators
captivator	17	4	388	3	_captivator
deactivating	19	5	345	3	deactivating
deactivations	19	17	506	3	deactivations
decapitator	16	5	380	3	decapitator
decimator	14	4	773	3	de_c_imator
estivator	12	4	629	3	_e_stivator
reactivate	15	4	584	3	reactivat_e
reactivated	17	4	497	3	reactivated
reactivates	16	4	561	3	reactivates
reactivation	17	17	695	3	reactivation

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	4.876	24945.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.266	33933.0