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

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

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.

37 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
applications	18	4	677	(None)
application	17	4	747	1	application_
applicators	17	4	425	2	applicat_ors
duplications	17	4	628	2	duplications
explications	23	4	753	2	explications
implications	18	4	702	2	implications
plications	14	3	1048	2	__plications
reapplications	20	5	425	2	reapplications
replications	16	8	1105	2	replications
supplications	19	5	491	2	supplications
abdications	16	5	765	3	a_bdications
acclimations	18	14	629	3	acclimations
afflictions	19	4	340	3	afflic_tions
allocations	13	4	777	3	a_llocations
amplifications	23	8	475	3	amplifications
appellations	16	4	353	3	appellations
applicative	20	7	471	3	applicati_ve
applicator	16	4	510	3	applicat_o_r
applicatory	20	5	340	3	applicat_ory
appreciations	19	6	473	3	appreciations
approbations	18	5	424	3	approbations
aspirations	13	4	899	3	asp_irations
complications	21	4	742	3	complications
duplication	16	4	729	3	duplication_
explication	22	4	845	3	explication_
implication	17	4	777	3	implication_
misapplications	23	6	307	3	~~mis~~applications
palliations	13	4	772	3	palli_ations
palpitations	16	4	552	3	palpitations
placations	14	3	857	3	__placations
plication	13	3	1168	3	__plication_
publications	18	4	583	3	publications
reapplication	19	5	472	3	reapplication_
replication	15	7	1201	3	replication_
spoliations	13	4	769	3	spoli_ations
supplication	18	5	539	3	supplication_
triplications	17	9	507	3	triplications

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	95024	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	37	6.296	15092.8
3	Display Results	37	37	0.063	587.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	6.469	27622.7