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

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

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48 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
designation	13	4	748	(None)
designations	14	5	694	1	designations
resignation	12	4	747	1	resignation
assignation	12	4	437	2	assignation
denigration	13	4	846	2	denigration
desiccation	16	4	638	2	desiccation
designating	14	4	607	2	designating
designative	16	5	433	2	designative
designator	12	4	471	2	designat_or
destination	12	4	1384	2	destination
resignations	13	4	688	2	resignations
assignations	13	4	416	3	assignations
consignation	15	13	631	3	consignation
deamination	14	4	1154	3	deamination
decimation	15	4	1162	3	deci_mation
declination	14	4	1187	3	declination
dedication	14	3	1196	3	dedi_cation
definition	14	4	596	3	defi_nition
delegation	12	3	888	3	deleg_ation
delineation	12	4	776	3	delineation
denegation	12	4	941	3	deneg_ation
denigrations	14	4	735	3	denigrations
depilation	13	3	1203	3	depi_lation
derivation	14	7	1278	3	deri_vation
derogation	12	4	1039	3	derog_ation
desalination	13	4	1113	3	desalination
desecration	14	4	1007	3	desecration
desiccations	17	5	565	3	desiccations
desideration	14	5	639	3	desideration
designate	11	4	711	3	designat__e
designated	13	4	593	3	designat_ed
designates	12	4	636	3	designat_es
designators	13	4	430	3	designators
designatory	16	5	338	3	designatory
desolation	11	3	1140	3	des_olation
desperation	14	5	1011	3	desperation
destinations	13	4	1266	3	destinations
detonation	11	3	1094	3	de_tonation
deviation	13	3	1240	3	devi__ation
divination	14	13	923	3	divi_nation
domination	13	7	1237	3	domi_nation
emigration	13	22	821	3	_emigration
gemination	13	14	1066	3	gemi_nation
hesitation	13	4	963	3	hesi_tation
indignation	13	4	653	3	indignation
levigation	14	4	702	3	levig_ation
reignition	11	4	489	3	re_ignition
remigration	14	22	891	3	remigration

Search took 7 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	48	5.873	20710.5
3	Display Results	48	48	0.033	1454.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	48	6.296	28381.7