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

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

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70 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
activation	15	6	1013	(None)
activations	16	6	926	1	activations
activating	16	4	786	2	activating
activator	14	4	644	2	activat_or
actuation	11	3	1033	2	act_uation
aestivation	14	4	792	2	aestivation
captivation	18	4	617	2	captivation
deactivation	18	15	608	2	deactivation
estivation	13	4	981	2	estivation
inactivation	17	4	509	2	inactivation
jactitation	20	4	562	2	jactitation
motivation	15	4	808	2	motivation
reactivation	17	17	695	2	reactivation
titivation	13	4	703	2	titivation
abdication	15	4	822	3	abdication
acclimation	17	12	709	3	acclimation
accusation	14	6	690	3	accusation
acetylation	16	4	378	3	acetylation
activate	13	5	1037	3	activat__e
activated	15	6	788	3	activat_ed
activates	14	4	968	3	activat_es
activators	15	4	594	3	activators
activities	15	4	890	3	activities
actuations	12	3	929	3	act_uations
acylation	14	4	865	3	ac_ylation
admiration	13	4	773	3	admiration
aestivations	15	4	748	3	aestivations
affixation	23	4	439	3	affixation
agitation	10	3	1122	3	a_gitation
alteration	10	6	1290	3	alteration
animation	11	3	1368	3	a_nimation
antiquation	20	4	742	3	antiquation
aspiration	12	4	999	3	aspiration
automation	12	4	914	3	automation
aviation	11	3	1274	3	a_vi_ation
capitation	14	3	1136	3	capitation
captivations	19	4	534	3	captivations
castigation	14	4	797	3	castigation
catenation	12	4	952	3	catenation
cavitation	15	4	913	3	cavitation
citation	10	3	1436	3	_c_itation
clavation	14	4	700	3	_clavation
cultivation	16	11	641	3	cultivation
deactivations	19	17	506	3	deactivations
derivation	14	7	1278	3	derivation
estimation	12	4	1084	3	estimation
estivations	14	4	927	3	estivations
inactivations	18	5	424	3	inactivations
intimation	12	4	1304	3	intimation
jactation	18	3	814	3	jact__ation
jactitations	21	4	501	3	jactitations
lacrimation	15	4	626	3	lacrimation
lactation	11	3	1081	3	lact__ation
litigation	11	4	817	3	litigation
machination	18	10	682	3	machination
mastication	15	6	1029	3	mastication
mitigation	13	4	864	3	mitigation
motivations	16	4	709	3	motivations
mutilation	12	4	975	3	mutilation
passivation	16	10	474	3	passivation
patination	12	3	1257	3	patination
pectination	15	4	1033	3	pectination
privation	14	3	1117	3	_privation
reactivations	18	17	614	3	reactivations
salivation	13	4	981	3	salivation
satiation	9	3	1343	3	sati_ation
titivations	14	4	626	3	titivations
urtication	12	4	911	3	urtication
vaccination	18	4	646	3	vaccination
vitiation	12	3	956	3	viti_ation

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	70	6.126	22951.8
3	Display Results	70	70	0.030	2333.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	70	6.576	27173.2