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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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40 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
legation	9	24	1293	(None)
legations	10	27	1192	1	legations
ligation	9	23	1309	1	ligation
negation	9	29	1302	1	negation
aeration	8	3	1993	2	aeration
allegation	11	4	681	2	allegation
delation	9	23	1808	2	delation
delegation	12	3	888	2	delegation
elation	7	36	2045	2	_elation
elevation	12	3	923	2	elevation
enation	7	34	1923	2	_enation
fetation	11	6	1314	2	fetation
gelation	9	30	1443	2	gelation
lavation	11	3	997	2	lavation
laxation	15	3	842	2	laxation
lection	9	26	1486	2	le_ction
legatine	9	13	1140	2	legatine
legating	10	23	1311	2	legating
legato	7	28	1095	2	legat_o_
legator	8	30	1113	2	legat_or
legatos	8	27	1118	2	legat_os
legion	7	57	1298	2	leg__ion
lenition	8	3	1008	2	lenition
levigation	14	4	702	2	levigation
libation	10	24	1136	2	libation
ligations	10	21	1199	2	ligations
lobation	10	21	1055	2	lobation
location	10	21	1391	2	location
lunation	8	3	1192	2	lunation
luxation	15	3	823	2	luxation
megaton	10	26	985	2	megat_on
negations	10	28	1196	2	negations
negaton	8	29	914	2	negat_on
negatron	9	33	599	2	negatron
relation	8	26	1977	2	relation
relegation	11	6	1002	2	relegation
rogation	9	16	1205	2	rogation
sedation	9	3	1245	2	sedation
venation	11	5	1350	2	venation
vexation	18	3	878	2	vexation

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	40	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	40	40	0.030	1333.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	4.076	43839.8