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

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

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
protectants	15	5	436	(None)
protectant	14	4	691	1	protectant_
protestants	13	5	455	1	protestants
protestant	12	4	743	2	protestant_
propellants	15	15	357	3	propellants
proteans	10	28	1154	3	prote__an_s
protecters	14	16	826	3	protect_ers
protecting	15	19	1021	3	protectin_g
protections	15	5	1070	3	protections
protectors	14	20	1014	3	protect_ors
protectress	15	5	313	3	protectress
protects	12	3	974	3	protec___ts
protistans	12	4	520	3	protistan_s

Search took 6 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	121633	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	13	5.390	22566.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.813	30739.9