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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “retrogradation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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44 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
retrogradation	16	15	188	(None)
retrogradations	17	15	164	1	retrogradations
degradation	14	4	538	4	de___gradation
intergradation	16	11	409	4	intergradation
recordation	14	4	926	4	re_co_r_dation
retardation	12	10	686	4	ret__ar_dation
retroaction	13	4	736	4	retro__a_ction
retrograding	15	5	341	4	retrograd__ing
retrogression	14	10	342	4	retrogr_ession
aggradation	14	5	299	5	___aggradation
biodegradation	19	14	119	5	biodegradation
degradations	15	4	455	5	de___gradations
derogation	12	4	1039	5	de_rog___ation
gradation	11	10	771	5	_____gradation
intergradations	17	12	345	5	intergradations
peregrination	16	12	520	5	pe_regrination
peroration	12	3	1600	5	pe_ro_r__ation
reaggregation	16	5	314	5	re_aggregation
recordations	15	4	864	5	re_co_r_dations
reformation	16	4	841	5	re_fo_r_mation
refoundation	16	10	279	5	re_fo_undation
refrigeration	17	6	415	5	refrig_eration
remigration	14	22	891	5	re_migr__ation
reoxidation	19	4	665	5	re__o_xidation
reprobation	15	4	850	5	repro___bation
reradiation	12	4	1015	5	re____radiation
reregulation	13	4	641	5	re_reg_ulation
resegregation	15	6	390	5	re_segregation
restoration	11	4	1209	5	resto_r__ation
retardations	13	9	651	5	ret__ar_dations
retortion	9	4	967	5	ret_o_r___tion
retraction	12	13	1053	5	ret___ra_ction
retranslation	13	5	468	5	retr_anslation
retroactions	14	4	707	5	retro__a_ctions
retrodiction	15	5	565	5	retro__diction
retroflection	18	5	404	5	retro_flection
retrograde	12	5	416	5	retrograd____e
retrograded	14	5	310	5	retrograd___ed
retrogradely	17	6	152	5	retrograd__ely
retrogrades	13	5	400	5	retrograd___es
retrogressions	15	11	316	5	retrogr_essions
retrospection	17	8	431	5	retro_spection
terrorization	22	5	666	5	terro_rization
tetragrammaton	19	8	77	5	tetragrammat_on

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	95024	0.703	254183.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	44	7.546	12592.6
3	Display Results	44	44	0.030	1466.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	44	8.279	21583.6