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

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

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.

19 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
masturbate	14	4	347	(None)
masturbated	16	5	280	1	masturbated
masturbates	15	5	342	1	masturbates
masturbator	15	5	182	2	masturbator
maturate	10	3	1262	2	ma_tur_ate
ascorbate	13	4	446	3	_ascorbate
castrate	10	3	1386	3	cast_r_ate
gastrulate	11	4	365	3	gastrulate
masticate	13	4	1128	3	mast_icate
masturbating	17	7	267	3	masturbating
masturbation	16	5	358	3	masturbation
masturbators	16	5	181	3	masturbators
masturbatory	19	6	152	3	masturbatory
maturated	12	4	916	3	ma_tur_ated
maturates	11	3	1176	3	ma_tur_ates
micturate	13	6	664	3	mictur_ate
pastorate	11	4	1118	3	pastor_ate
pasturage	12	4	492	3	pastur_age
saturate	8	3	1281	3	sa_tur_ate

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	19	5.610	25062.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.046	29555.2