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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
lallation	9	3	949	(None)
lallations	10	3	874	1	lallations
vallation	12	3	974	1	vallation
ablation	10	3	1243	2	_ablation
alation	7	29	2055	2	_a_lation
collation	11	3	1399	2	collation
fellation	12	3	884	2	fellation
halation	11	3	1385	2	ha_lation
illation	8	3	1194	2	_illation
lactation	11	3	1081	2	lactation
laudation	10	8	813	2	laudation
lavation	11	3	997	2	la_vation
laxation	15	3	842	2	la_xation
palliation	12	4	850	2	palliation
palmation	13	3	1022	2	palmation
palpation	13	3	907	2	palpation
saltation	9	3	1200	2	saltation
salvation	12	3	929	2	salvation
spallation	12	4	702	2	spallation
vallations	13	3	908	2	vallations
valuation	12	4	997	2	valuation

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.156	38477.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.312	53952.6