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

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

9 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
federation	14	4	957	(None)
federations	15	4	888	1	federations
deaeration	11	3	1301	2	deaeration
federating	15	4	885	2	federating
federative	17	4	616	2	federative
federator	13	4	626	2	federat_or
generation	11	3	1242	2	generation
moderation	13	4	865	2	moderation
veneration	13	4	1234	2	veneration

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	108824	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	9	5.690	19125.5
3	Display Results	9	9	0.013	692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	6.093	29327.3