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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “authenticationsa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

13 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
authentications	20	7	212	1	authentications_
authentication	19	10	252	2	authentication__
authenticating	20	6	184	3	authenticati_n_g
authenticators	19	9	135	3	authenticat_ors_
authenticates	18	9	251	4	authenticat__es_
authenticator	18	8	159	4	authenticat_o__r
authenticities	19	6	344	4	authenticiti_es_
augmentations	16	5	412	5	augment__ations_
authenticate	17	10	278	5	authenticat____e
authenticated	19	9	217	5	authenticat___ed
authorizations	26	5	509	5	auth_orizations_
automatizations	26	5	419	5	automatizations_
potentiations	15	5	518	5	pot_enti_ations_

Search took 4 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	43548	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	43548	13	2.766	15744.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.062	58357.6