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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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110 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
preservation	17	7	628	(None)
preservations	18	9	554	1	preservations
reservation	14	8	914	1	_reservation
presentation	14	4	899	2	presentation
preservative	20	5	395	2	preservative
reservations	15	8	858	2	_reservations
conservation	17	4	940	3	conservation
denervation	15	6	794	3	_denervation
enervation	13	6	947	3	__enervation
observation	16	6	505	3	_observation
preformation	19	4	647	3	preformation
preparation	15	4	927	3	prepar_ation
prescription	18	14	534	3	prescription
preselection	16	15	488	3	preselection
presentations	15	4	813	3	presentations
preservationist	20	6	280	3	preservation~~ist~~
preservatives	21	5	278	3	preservatives
prostration	13	4	1078	3	prostr_ation
aestivation	14	4	792	4	_aestivation
coacervation	19	6	427	4	coacervation
conservations	18	4	908	4	conservations
crenelation	13	4	685	4	crene_lation
crenellation	14	5	391	4	crenellation
deaeration	11	3	1301	4	_deaer_ation
denervations	16	5	709	4	_denervations
desecration	14	4	1006	4	_desecration
desertion	10	4	1020	4	_deser__tion
desperation	14	5	1011	4	_desper_ation
dissertation	13	6	609	4	dissertation
elevation	12	3	923	4	__ele_vation
enervations	14	7	857	4	__enervations
estivation	13	4	981	4	__estivation
federation	14	4	956	4	_feder_ation
frustration	14	4	481	4	frustr_ation
generation	11	3	1242	4	_gener_ation
innervation	14	4	744	4	_innervation
nervation	12	6	1024	4	___nervation
observations	17	8	501	4	_observations
passivation	16	10	474	4	p_assivation
penetration	13	4	989	4	p_enetration
perennation	13	4	808	4	p_erennation
perforation	16	4	899	4	perfor_ation
permeation	14	4	1056	4	perme__ation
peroration	12	3	1599	4	p_eror_ation
perpetration	16	4	712	4	perpetration
perpetuation	16	5	534	4	perpetuation
persecution	15	6	478	4	perse_cution
perseveration	18	5	379	4	perseveration
personation	13	4	948	4	pers_onation
perspiration	16	5	683	4	perspiration
perturbation	16	12	354	4	perturbation
pervasion	14	4	606	4	p___ervasion
predation	12	3	1346	4	pr__e_dation
predication	16	4	1243	4	pre_dication
preelection	15	13	648	4	pre_election
preemption	16	10	524	4	pre_e_mption
preformations	20	4	569	4	preformations
preinvasion	16	5	246	4	pre_invasion
prelection	14	15	1128	4	prele__ction
prelibation	15	12	866	4	pre_libation
premeditation	18	5	570	4	premeditation
premigration	17	5	569	4	premigration
preparations	16	4	830	4	prepar_ations
preportion	14	4	887	4	prepor__tion
prescriptions	19	13	532	4	prescriptions
preseason	11	4	412	4	prese__a_son
preselections	17	14	443	4	preselections
presentational	16	7	320	4	presentational
presentative	17	5	534	4	presentative
preservable	18	4	416	4	preserva_ble
preservice	17	4	448	4	preserv__ice
preserving	16	3	736	4	preserv__ing
pressurization	25	9	312	4	pressurization
presumption	17	15	417	4	pres_umption
pretermination	18	5	477	4	pretermination
prevarication	20	5	524	4	prevarication
prevention	15	4	916	4	preve__ntion
privation	14	3	1117	4	pr___ivation
procreation	15	4	794	4	pr_ocreation
procuration	15	4	829	4	procur_ation
proration	11	4	1598	4	pr__or_ation
proscription	18	12	450	4	proscription
prosecution	15	4	606	4	prose_cution
prostrations	14	4	974	4	prostr_ations
protestation	14	5	635	4	protestation
recordation	14	4	925	4	_recordation
recreation	12	4	1361	4	_re_creation
reformation	16	4	841	4	_reformation
reinnervation	16	5	362	4	_reinnervation
reiteration	11	4	1216	4	_reiter_ation
relegation	11	6	1002	4	_rele_gation
remediation	14	4	921	4	_remediation
renovation	13	5	878	4	_re_novation
reoperation	13	4	1089	4	_reoper_ation
reparation	12	6	1272	4	_repar_ation
representation	16	15	412	4	representation
resection	11	16	1327	4	_rese__ction
resegregation	15	6	390	4	_resegregation
reservationist	17	11	432	4	_reservation~~ist~~
resignation	12	4	747	4	_resignation
resorption	12	4	725	4	_resor_ption
respiration	13	5	1119	4	_respiration
restation	9	3	1691	4	_res__tation
restoration	11	4	1209	4	_restoration
restriction	13	4	936	4	_restriction
retardation	12	10	686	4	_retardation
revelation	13	4	1092	4	_reve_lation
seriation	9	3	1806	4	___seriation
serration	9	4	1405	4	___serration
veneration	13	4	1233	4	_vener_ation

Search took 9 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	124790	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	110	8.110	15387.2
3	Display Results	110	110	0.060	1833.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	110	8.326	21461.8