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

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

12 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
formation	14	3	942	(None)
formations	15	3	820	1	formations
deformation	17	4	766	2	deformation
floriation	13	6	779	2	floriation
foliation	12	11	1079	2	foliation
formalin	13	4	731	2	formali_n
formative	17	4	796	2	formative
formulation	16	4	636	2	formulation
furcation	14	4	835	2	furcation
information	16	14	771	2	information
oration	7	16	1771	2	_or_ation
reformation	16	4	841	2	reformation

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	121436	0.530	337152.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	12	3.173	38271.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.703	48255.7