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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “valediction” 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
valediction	17	5	240	(None)
malediction	16	5	311	1	malediction
valedictions	18	5	222	1	valedictions
maledictions	17	5	295	2	maledictions
addiction	13	14	601	3	_a_ddiction
benediction	16	4	332	3	benediction
maledicting	17	5	272	3	maledicting
malefaction	18	5	340	3	malefaction
prediction	15	4	1030	3	_prediction
valedictorian	19	7	129	3	valedictorian
valedictory	20	5	174	3	valedictory
validation	14	4	841	3	valid_ation

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	4.593	26482.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.999	35745.3