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

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

10 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
dechlorinates	19	5	276	(None)
dechlorinate	18	5	312	1	dechlorinate_
dechlorinated	20	6	235	1	dechlorinated
chlorinates	16	4	554	2	__chlorinates
chlorinate	15	4	612	3	__chlorinate_
chlorinated	17	4	449	3	__chlorinated
dechlorinating	21	6	218	3	dechlorinating
dechlorination	20	5	341	3	dechlorination
dechlorinations	21	5	311	3	dechlorinations
unchlorinated	19	6	204	3	unchlorinated

Search took 7 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	65874	0.516	346300.4
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	5.983	11010.2
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	6.515	27427.6