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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “methylation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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18 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
methylation	19	5	442	(None)
methylations	20	5	369	1	methylations
methanation	16	4	453	2	methanation
methylating	20	5	446	2	methylating
methylator	18	5	330	2	methylat_or
acetylation	16	4	378	3	acet_ylation
butylation	15	4	372	3	but_ylation
ethylating	17	4	478	3	_ethylating
etiolation	10	4	853	3	_etiolation
exhalation	20	4	665	3	_exhalation
methanations	17	4	397	3	methanations
methylamine	21	5	425	3	methylamine
methylate	17	4	568	3	methylat__e
methylated	19	4	435	3	methylat_ed
methylates	18	4	548	3	methylat_es
methylators	19	5	330	3	methylators
metrication	15	4	1065	3	metrication
mutilation	12	4	975	3	mut_ilation

Search took 5 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	4.486	27113.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.889	36549.6