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

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

15 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
valerate	11	3	1147	(None)
valerates	12	3	1054	1	valerates
acerate	9	28	1891	2	_acerate
aerate	6	48	3055	2	_a_erate
galeate	8	39	1679	2	gale_ate
lacerate	10	22	1471	2	lacerate
macerate	12	23	1407	2	macerate
maleate	9	41	1754	2	male_ate
paleate	9	41	2000	2	pale_ate
tolerate	8	3	1232	2	tolerate
validate	12	3	900	2	validate
vallate	10	30	1656	2	val_late
valuate	10	25	1273	2	val_uate
valvate	13	37	1081	2	val_vate
venerate	11	3	1290	2	venerate

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.843	31501.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.265	41897.1