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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “perseveration” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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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
perseveration	18	5	380	(None)
perseverations	19	5	324	1	perseverations
perseverating	19	5	252	2	perseverating
perseverative	21	6	231	2	perseverative
asseveration	15	5	289	3	_asseveration
perpetration	16	4	713	3	perpe_tration
perseverate	16	6	316	3	perseverat__e
perseverated	18	5	288	3	perseverat_ed
perseverates	17	5	315	3	perseverat_es
perspiration	16	5	683	3	pers_piration
asseverations	16	5	259	4	_asseverations
cerebration	15	4	792	4	cer_e_bration
deceleration	15	4	717	4	de_celeration
degeneration	14	4	728	4	de_generation
desecration	14	4	1007	4	de_se_cration
desideration	14	5	639	4	de_sideration
desperation	14	5	1011	4	de_s_peration
penetration	13	4	989	4	pe_ne_tration
perennation	13	4	808	4	per_e_nnation
perforation	16	4	900	4	per__foration
permeation	14	4	1056	4	per__me_ation
peroration	12	3	1600	4	per___oration
perpetrations	17	4	637	4	perpe_trations
perpetuation	16	5	534	4	perpe_tuation
persecution	15	6	478	4	pers__ecution
perseverance	19	6	190	4	persevera_nce
perseverances	20	6	184	4	perseverances
persevering	17	4	325	4	persever__ing
personation	13	4	948	4	pers__onation
perspirations	17	8	617	4	pers_pirations
perversion	15	4	585	4	per__ver_sion
preparation	15	4	927	4	p_r_eparation
preselection	16	15	488	4	presele_ction
presentation	14	4	899	4	prese_ntation
preservation	17	7	628	4	prese_rvation
prevention	15	4	917	4	p_r_eve_ntion
regeneration	13	4	819	4	re_generation
revelation	13	4	1092	4	__r_evelation
tergiversation	18	9	144	4	tergiversation
verbigeration	19	5	286	4	verbigeration

Search took 10 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	0.720	248181.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	40	8.953	10613.6
3	Display Results	40	40	0.033	1212.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	9.706	18410.4