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

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

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171 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
exploration	20	6	671	(None)
explorations	21	8	561	1	explorations
expiration	19	6	1071	2	exp_iration
explanation	20	4	526	2	explanation
explication	22	4	845	2	explication
exploitation	21	5	470	2	exploitation
explorational	22	5	255	2	explorational
explorative	23	5	424	2	explorative
exportation	20	4	744	2	exp_ortation
coloration	12	9	1318	3	_coloration
defloration	15	4	726	3	defloration
elaboration	13	4	574	3	elaboration
evaporation	16	4	555	3	evaporation
exaltation	17	4	849	3	exal_tation
exclamation	22	10	463	3	exclamation
excoriation	20	4	843	3	ex_coriation
execration	19	4	983	3	ex_ecration
exfoliation	21	4	525	3	exfoliation
exhilaration	22	5	252	3	exhilaration
exhortation	21	4	502	3	ex_hortation
exoneration	18	4	765	3	exoneration
expatiation	20	4	683	3	expatiation
expatriation	21	5	433	3	expatriation
expectation	22	6	648	3	expectation
expectoration	24	5	256	3	expectoration
expiation	18	7	1042	3	exp__iation
expirations	20	6	958	3	exp_irations
explanations	21	4	462	3	explanations
explantation	21	5	397	3	explantation
explications	23	4	753	3	explications
exploitations	22	5	421	3	exploitations
exploratory	23	5	313	3	exploratory
explosion	18	11	521	3	explo__sion
exportations	21	4	665	3	exp_ortations
exposition	19	4	716	3	exp_osition
expropriation	24	5	399	3	expropriation
expurgation	21	5	455	3	expurgation
extortion	16	4	672	3	ex_tor_tion
exultation	17	4	753	3	exul_tation
proration	11	4	1598	3	__proration
sexploitation	22	5	295	3	sexploitation
adoration	10	3	1131	4	__adoration
allocation	12	4	857	4	_allocation
amelioration	14	6	400	4	amelioration
application	17	4	747	4	application
apportion	13	4	700	4	_appor_tion
approbation	17	5	502	4	approbation
aspiration	12	4	999	4	asp_iration
bilocation	14	4	612	4	_bilocation
collocation	15	4	717	4	collocation
colorations	13	9	1189	4	_colorations
corporation	15	12	1065	4	corporation
deceleration	15	4	717	4	deceleration
declaration	14	4	783	4	declaration
decoration	13	3	1442	4	_decoration
deflorations	16	4	606	4	deflorations
deportation	14	4	930	4	dep_ortation
desperation	14	5	1011	4	desp_eration
despoliation	15	4	671	4	despoliation
dislocation	14	14	750	4	dislocation
duplication	16	4	729	4	duplication
echolocation	19	5	281	4	echolocation
elaborations	14	4	492	4	elaborations
elation	7	36	2045	4	e__l__ation
elevation	12	3	923	4	e__levation
elocution	11	4	567	4	e__locution
elongation	11	4	535	4	e__longation
embrocation	17	4	458	4	embrocation
emigration	13	22	821	4	e_migration
emulation	11	3	1239	4	emul__ation
enumeration	13	10	591	4	enumeration
epilation	11	3	1296	4	e_p_ilation
etiolation	10	4	853	4	e_tiolation
evaluation	13	5	818	4	eval_uation
evaporations	17	4	469	4	evaporations
evocation	14	20	1029	4	e__vocation
exacerbation	23	5	295	4	exacerbation
exaggeration	21	5	386	4	exaggeration
exaltations	18	4	729	4	exal_tations
examination	20	5	845	4	examination
exasperation	21	5	402	4	exasperation
excavation	22	4	543	4	ex_cavation
excerption	21	4	506	4	ex_cerption
excitation	19	4	1017	4	ex_citation
exclamations	23	10	410	4	exclamations
excoriations	21	4	752	4	ex_coriations
excretion	18	4	671	4	ex__cretion
exculpation	22	4	487	4	exculpation
execrations	20	4	892	4	ex_ecrations
exenteration	19	5	529	4	exenteration
exertion	15	3	1008	4	ex__er_tion
exfoliations	22	4	478	4	exfoliations
exhalation	20	4	665	4	ex_halation
exhilarations	23	5	241	4	exhilarations
exhortations	22	4	445	4	ex_hortations
exhumation	22	4	469	4	ex_humation
exonerations	19	4	701	4	exonerations
expatiations	21	4	613	4	expatiations
expatriations	22	5	376	4	expatriations
expectations	23	6	584	4	expectations
expectorations	25	5	219	4	expectorations
expedition	20	4	490	4	exp_edition
expiations	19	5	966	4	exp__iations
explain	16	6	704	4	expl__a_i_n
explanative	23	5	310	4	explanative
explantations	22	5	364	4	explantations
explicating	23	5	612	4	explicating
explicative	25	5	445	4	explicative
explicator	21	4	515	4	explicat_or
exploitative	24	5	259	4	exploitative
exploiting	20	4	489	4	explo_iting
exploitive	22	5	346	4	explo_itive
exploratively	28	6	242	4	exploratively
exploring	19	4	554	4	explor__ing
explosions	19	13	466	4	explo__sions
exporting	19	3	732	4	exp_or_ting
expositions	20	4	684	4	exp_ositions
expropriations	25	5	332	4	expropriations
expunction	21	4	357	4	exp_unction
expurgations	22	7	412	4	expurgations
exsertion	16	4	685	4	ex_ser_tion
exsiccation	22	4	362	4	exsiccation
exsolution	17	4	376	4	ex_solution
extenuation	18	4	518	4	extenuation
extirpation	20	8	492	4	extirpation
extortions	17	4	647	4	ex_tor_tions
extraction	19	6	798	4	ex__traction
extrication	20	4	979	4	extrication
exudation	17	8	769	4	ex__udation
exultations	18	4	652	4	exul_tations
exuviation	20	11	634	4	ex_uviation
filtration	13	4	643	4	_filtration
floriation	13	6	779	4	__floriation
flotation	12	6	781	4	__flotation
impetration	15	4	590	4	impetration
implication	17	4	777	4	implication
importation	15	14	712	4	imp_ortation
lobation	10	21	1055	4	___lobation
location	10	21	1391	4	___location
melioration	13	6	818	4	melioration
mislocation	15	12	641	4	mislocation
operation	11	3	1400	4	_op_eration
oration	7	16	1771	4	____oration
perforation	16	4	900	4	perforation
peroration	12	3	1600	4	_peroration
perpetration	16	4	713	4	perpetration
phonation	14	3	939	4	__phonation
placation	13	3	977	4	__placation
planation	11	3	1012	4	__planation
plication	13	3	1168	4	__plication
portion	9	6	1549	4	__p_or_tion
potation	10	17	1678	4	__p_otation
probation	13	4	1218	4	__probation
pronation	11	4	1570	4	__pronation
prorations	12	3	1446	4	__prorations
reallocation	14	5	449	4	reallocation
reapportion	15	5	403	4	reappor_tion
redecoration	15	4	601	4	redecoration
reexportation	22	5	314	4	reexp_ortation
relocation	12	3	1211	4	_relocation
reoperation	13	4	1090	4	reop_eration
reparation	12	6	1272	4	rep_aration
replication	15	7	1201	4	replication
reprobation	15	4	850	4	reprobation
respiration	13	5	1119	4	resp_iration
restoration	11	4	1209	4	restoration
separation	12	5	1043	4	sep_aration
sexploitations	23	5	271	4	sexploitations
spoliation	12	4	842	4	_spoliation
suppuration	15	4	589	4	suppuration
toleration	10	4	896	4	_toleration

Search took 9 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	171	8.110	18350.1
3	Display Results	171	171	0.110	1554.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	171	8.640	20681.8