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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “desperation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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66 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
desperation	14	5	1011	(None)
desperations	15	5	952	1	desperations
deaeration	11	3	1301	2	de_aeration
desecration	14	4	1007	2	desecration
desertion	10	4	1020	2	des_er_tion
desideration	14	5	639	2	desideration
deuteration	12	4	910	2	deuteration
reoperation	13	4	1090	2	reoperation
respiration	13	5	1119	2	respiration
aspiration	12	4	999	3	_aspiration
cooperation	15	4	1002	3	cooperation
deaerations	12	3	1167	3	de_aerations
deceleration	15	4	717	3	deceleration
declaration	14	4	783	3	declaration
decoration	13	3	1442	3	de_coration
defecation	16	7	980	3	de_fecation
defloration	15	4	726	3	defloration
degeneration	14	4	728	3	degeneration
dehydration	19	5	406	3	dehydration
delegation	12	3	888	3	de_legation
deliberation	15	4	636	3	deliberation
denegation	12	4	941	3	de_negation
denervation	15	6	794	3	de_nervation
denigration	13	4	846	3	denigration
depilation	13	3	1203	3	de_pilation
deportation	14	4	930	3	de_portation
deprecation	16	4	896	3	deprecation
depredation	15	4	692	3	depredation
deputation	13	3	939	3	de_putation
desecrations	15	5	921	3	desecrations
desertions	11	3	988	3	des_er_tions
desiccation	16	4	638	3	desiccation
desiderations	15	4	567	3	desiderations
designation	13	4	748	3	designation
desolation	11	3	1140	3	des_olation
desorption	13	4	622	3	des_orption
desperado	13	8	323	3	despera_do_
desperados	14	7	298	3	despera_dos
desperate	12	4	1084	3	desperat__e
desperately	17	5	373	3	desperately
despoliation	15	4	671	3	despoliation
destination	12	4	1384	3	destination
deuterations	13	4	808	3	deuterations
dispensation	15	5	560	3	dispensation
dispersion	13	4	686	3	disper_sion
disputation	14	11	674	3	disputation
disrelation	12	4	881	3	disrelation
dissertation	13	6	609	3	dissertation
exasperation	21	5	402	3	exasperation
expiration	19	6	1071	3	_expiration
federation	14	4	957	3	fe_deration
generation	11	3	1242	3	ge_neration
inspiration	13	4	837	3	inspiration
operation	11	3	1400	3	__operation
perpetration	16	4	713	3	perpetration
perspiration	16	5	683	3	perspiration
recuperation	16	5	672	3	recuperation
reiteration	11	4	1216	3	reiteration
reoperations	14	4	1006	3	reoperations
reparation	12	6	1272	3	re_paration
reservation	14	8	914	3	res_ervation
respirations	14	4	1030	3	respirations
restoration	11	4	1209	3	restoration
separation	12	5	1043	3	se_paration
suspiration	13	4	654	3	suspiration
veneration	13	4	1234	3	ve_neration

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	66	5.313	22893.5
3	Display Results	66	66	0.030	2200.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	66	5.749	31082.1