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

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

13 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
moderator	12	10	654	(None)
moderato	11	8	626	1	moderato_
moderators	13	8	664	1	moderators
moderatos	12	8	652	1	moderatos
federator	13	4	626	2	federator
macerator	13	21	763	2	macerator
moderate	11	7	1099	2	moderat_e
moderated	13	8	814	2	moderated
moderates	12	7	1075	2	moderates
moderation	13	4	865	2	moderation
modulator	12	4	579	2	modulator
operator	10	3	1009	2	_operator
tolerator	9	5	675	2	tolerator

Search took 10 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	121436	0.830	215290.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	8.140	14918.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.986	19885.5