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

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

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.

16 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
delegating	13	3	767	(None)
relegating	12	3	948	1	relegating
deaerating	12	3	1156	2	deaerating
defeating	14	23	1197	2	defe_ating
defecating	17	23	778	2	defecating
delating	10	31	1960	2	del__ating
deleading	12	3	777	2	dele_ading
deleaving	14	3	626	2	dele_aving
delectating	15	4	599	2	delectating
delegation	12	3	888	2	delegation
delegations	13	4	803	2	delegations
deleting	10	33	1442	2	dele__ting
delighting	16	4	499	2	delighting
derogating	13	4	863	2	derogating
elevating	13	3	820	2	_elevating
legating	10	23	1311	2	__legating

Search took 4 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	108824	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	16	2.830	38453.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.249	54998.8