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

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

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43 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
perforations	17	4	787	(None)
perforation	16	4	900	1	perforation_
perorations	13	3	1406	1	per_orations
percolations	16	4	805	2	percolations
perforating	17	4	702	2	perforati_ng
perforators	16	4	485	2	perforat_ors
peroration	12	3	1600	2	per_oration_
personations	14	4	839	2	personations
preformations	20	4	571	2	preformations
prorations	12	3	1446	2	p_r_orations
cerebrations	16	4	696	3	cerebrations
corporations	16	12	948	3	corporations
decorations	14	3	1288	3	de_corations
deflorations	16	4	606	3	deflorations
deformations	18	4	684	3	de_formations
derogations	13	4	939	3	der_ogations
meliorations	14	6	675	3	meliorations
mercurations	16	4	656	3	mercurations
penetrations	14	4	885	3	penetrations
percolation	15	4	922	3	percolation_
perennations	14	4	725	3	perennations
perfections	18	4	814	3	perf_ections
perforates	15	5	886	3	perforat__es
perforator	15	4	544	3	perforat_o_r
performatives	23	9	268	3	performatives
permeations	15	4	988	3	per_meations
permutations	16	4	650	3	permutations
perorating	13	3	1313	3	per_orati_ng
perorational	14	4	639	3	per_orational
perorators	12	4	935	3	per_orat_ors
perpetrations	17	4	637	3	perpetrations
personation	13	4	948	3	personation_
perspirations	17	8	617	3	perspirations
perturbations	17	12	326	3	perturbations
preformation	19	4	647	3	preformation_
preparations	16	4	831	3	preparations
preportions	15	4	826	3	prepor_tions
probations	14	3	1108	3	p_r_obations
pronations	12	3	1403	3	p_r_onations
proration	11	4	1598	3	p_r_oration_
reformations	17	4	760	3	re_formations
restorations	12	4	1095	3	restorations
serrations	10	3	1309	3	ser__rations

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	43	3.640	26105.5
3	Display Results	43	43	0.033	1303.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	4.033	44307.2