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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “venerate” 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
venerate	11	3	1289	(None)
generate	9	3	1289	1	generate
venenate	11	4	792	1	venenate
venerated	13	3	994	1	venerated
venerates	12	3	1225	1	venerates
deaerate	9	3	1416	2	deaerate
denervate	13	4	617	2	denervate
enervate	11	4	845	2	_enervate
federate	12	3	1087	2	federate
generated	11	3	1019	2	generated
generates	10	3	1270	2	generates
penetrate	11	4	922	2	penetrate
valerate	11	3	1146	2	valerate
vegetate	12	4	666	2	vegetate
venenated	13	4	589	2	venenated
venenates	12	4	757	2	venenates
venerable	14	3	848	2	venerable
venerator	12	4	725	2	venerator

Search took 8 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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	6.846	17683.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.015	25472.7