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

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

27 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
gater	6	45	3364	(None)
cater	7	48	4070	1	cater
dater	6	53	3231	1	dater
eater	5	46	3984	1	eater
gager	7	47	2629	1	gager
gaiter	7	38	1950	1	gaiter
gamer	8	49	2894	1	gamer
gaper	8	61	2512	1	gaper
garter	7	44	2051	1	garter
gaster	7	50	2735	1	gaster
gate	5	57	4657	1	gate_
gated	7	53	2977	1	gated
gaters	7	47	2863	1	gaters
gates	6	59	3950	1	gates
gather	10	41	1585	1	gather
gator	6	44	1603	1	gator
gayer	9	45	1919	1	gayer
gazer	15	57	2007	1	gazer
grater	7	46	2543	1	grater
hater	8	50	3475	1	hater
later	5	48	4392	1	later
mater	7	44	3886	1	mater
oater	5	54	3373	1	oater
pater	7	47	4072	1	pater
rater	5	49	4328	1	rater
tater	5	41	3861	1	tater
water	8	47	3331	1	water

Search took 2 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	28756	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	27	1.420	20250.7
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	1.702	104988.8