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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gesticulative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

12 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
gesticulative	19	6	295	(None)
gesticulate	14	4	566	2	gesticulat__e
gesticulating	17	7	394	2	gesticulating
gesticulation	16	9	470	2	gesticulation
articulative	17	5	575	3	_articulative
gesticulated	16	5	454	3	gesticulat_ed
gesticulates	15	5	504	3	gesticulat_es
gesticulations	17	8	411	3	gesticulations
gesticulator	15	5	379	3	gesticulat_or
gesticulators	16	5	295	3	gesticulators
gesticulatory	19	5	261	3	gesticulatory
stimulative	16	5	397	3	__stimulative

Search took 3 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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	2.623	25114.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.952	60532.2