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

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

21 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
novitiate	12	4	422	(None)
noviciate	14	4	442	1	noviciate
novitiates	13	4	373	1	novitiates
noviciates	15	4	376	2	noviciates
vitiate	10	34	1295	2	__vitiate
cavitate	13	15	983	3	cavit_ate
cogitate	11	4	855	3	cogit_ate
covariate	14	4	621	3	covariate
initiate	8	4	1269	3	_initiate
levitate	11	3	793	3	levit_ate
navigate	12	4	607	3	navi_gate
negotiate	10	4	553	3	negotiate
nitrate	7	20	1701	3	n__itrate
nominate	10	3	1247	3	nomi_nate
noninitiate	11	11	472	3	noninitiate
notate	6	32	1786	3	no__t_ate
propitiate	14	4	738	3	propitiate
uninitiate	10	7	469	3	uninitiate
vitiated	12	28	922	3	__vitiated
vitiates	11	23	1143	3	__vitiates
vittate	10	40	973	3	__vittate

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.093	20956.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.513	23784.2