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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “deforestation” 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
deforestation	17	5	430	(None)
deforestations	18	5	396	1	deforestations
reforestation	16	5	457	1	reforestation
afforestation	19	6	236	2	afforestation
forestation	14	4	700	2	__forestation
reforestations	17	5	446	2	reforestations
afforestations	20	6	224	3	afforestations
defenestration	18	17	354	3	defenestration
deformation	17	4	766	3	defor__mation
deportation	14	4	930	3	depor__tation
detestation	12	4	836	3	de__testation
forestations	15	4	632	3	__forestations
reafforestation	21	10	147	3	reafforestation

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	65874	1.046	170832.7
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	13	6.750	9759.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.812	22873.9