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

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

15 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
regulations	12	3	1071	(None)
regulation	11	3	1205	1	regulation_
angulations	12	6	805	2	angulations
crenulations	14	4	649	2	crenulations
deregulations	15	4	520	2	deregulations
emulations	12	3	1094	2	_emulations
peculations	15	3	1028	2	peculations
reflations	13	3	1123	2	re_flations
refutations	14	4	867	2	refutations
regulating	12	3	1006	2	regulati_ng
regulators	11	4	650	2	regulat_ors
relations	9	24	1833	2	re__lations
reputations	13	4	1073	2	reputations
reregulations	14	5	571	2	reregulations
revelations	14	4	1030	2	revelations

Search took 3 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	86808	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	86808	15	2.373	36581.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.733	65382.7