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

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

19 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
gestation	10	3	1066	(None)
gestations	11	3	977	1	gestations
gustation	10	4	796	1	gustation
restation	9	3	1691	1	restation
cessation	11	7	685	2	cessation
dentation	10	3	1524	2	dentation
fetation	11	6	1314	2	fe_tation
gelation	9	30	1443	2	ge_lation
gemmation	14	4	596	2	gemmation
gestating	11	22	998	2	gestating
gestational	12	4	511	2	gestational
gestative	13	4	730	2	gestative
gustations	11	4	723	2	gustations
guttation	10	4	617	2	guttation
hesitation	13	4	963	2	hesitation
mentation	11	3	1398	2	mentation
peltation	11	3	1296	2	peltation
restations	10	3	1584	2	restations
station	7	27	1724	2	__station

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	4.890	24833.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	5.296	33740.7