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

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

18 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
rotaries	8	3	1569	(None)
notaries	8	3	1493	1	notaries
rosaries	8	3	1278	1	rosaries
votaries	11	3	1201	1	votaries
botanies	10	3	1285	2	botanies
coteries	10	4	2271	2	coteries
covaries	13	4	1325	2	covaries
dataries	9	3	1403	2	dataries
notarizes	18	4	871	2	notarizes
ovaries	10	3	1265	2	_ovaries
ratanies	8	3	1292	2	ratanies
retries	7	41	2907	2	ret_ries
roadies	8	33	1744	2	ro_adies
roperies	10	3	1577	2	roperies
roseries	8	3	1732	2	roseries
rotates	7	28	1977	2	rota_tes
roturier	8	3	603	2	roturier
roturiers	9	4	455	2	roturiers

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.796	31891.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.202	42525.2