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

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

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
preventative	20	5	431	(None)
presentative	17	5	534	1	presentative
preventatives	21	5	293	1	preventatives
preventive	18	4	754	2	preven__tive
fermentative	20	11	389	3	fermentative
frequentative	28	13	176	3	frequentative
premeditative	21	6	291	3	premeditative
presentation	14	4	899	3	presentation
preservative	20	5	395	3	preservative
preventable	18	4	498	3	preventa_ble
preventives	19	4	572	3	preven__tives
representative	19	19	231	3	representative

Search took 5 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	95024	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	3.800	25006.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.156	42995.9