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

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

11 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
probatory	16	4	711	(None)
approbatory	20	6	289	2	approbatory
potatory	13	4	841	2	p_otatory
precatory	16	4	911	2	precatory
predatory	15	4	770	2	predatory
prefatory	17	4	668	2	prefatory
pronator	10	3	1178	2	pronator_
pronators	11	4	1130	2	pronators
reprobatory	18	5	366	2	reprobatory
rogatory	12	4	615	2	_rogatory
rotatory	11	4	721	2	_rotatory

Search took 4 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	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	11	3.356	36184.7
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.766	47448.5