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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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118 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
description	16	4	537	(None)
descriptions	17	5	540	1	descriptions
ascription	14	4	499	2	_ascription
decryption	18	4	374	2	de_cryption
descriptive	19	5	368	2	descriptive
descriptor	15	5	297	2	descript_or
desorption	13	4	622	2	desor_ption
inscription	15	4	495	2	inscription
prescription	18	14	534	2	prescription
redescription	18	6	274	2	redescription
ascriptions	15	4	498	3	_ascriptions
conscription	18	5	533	3	conscription
deception	14	4	832	3	de_c_eption
decryptions	19	4	361	3	de_cryptions
descriptors	16	5	275	3	descriptors
desecration	14	4	1007	3	desecr_ation
desertion	10	4	1020	3	deser__tion
desorptions	14	4	599	3	desor_ptions
destruction	14	4	695	3	destruction
detrition	10	4	913	3	de_tri_tion
discretion	13	4	752	3	discr_etion
disruption	13	13	573	3	dis_ruption
encryption	17	5	313	3	_encryption
inscriptions	16	5	450	3	inscriptions
misdescription	21	11	212	3	~~mis~~description
prescriptions	19	13	533	3	prescriptions
proscription	18	12	451	3	proscription
redescriptions	19	6	279	3	redescriptions
resorption	12	4	725	3	resor_ption
restriction	13	4	936	3	restriction
subscription	18	5	312	3	subscription
absorption	14	4	488	4	absor_ption
adsorption	13	4	427	4	adsor_ption
ascriptive	17	5	383	4	_ascriptive
conscriptions	19	5	500	4	conscriptions
coscripting	18	4	390	4	coscripting
deactivation	18	15	608	4	deactivation
deaeration	11	3	1301	4	deaer_ation
debarkation	18	4	424	4	debarkation
deceptions	15	4	786	4	de_c_eptions
decillion	12	4	583	4	de_c_illion
decimation	15	4	1162	4	de_cimation
decision	11	4	852	4	de_c_i_sion
declination	14	4	1187	4	de_clination
decoction	14	4	752	4	de_c_oction
decoration	13	3	1442	4	de_coration
decrypting	19	4	322	4	de_crypting
definition	14	4	596	4	defini_tion
defoliation	15	4	831	4	defoliation
deformation	17	4	766	4	deformation
demarcation	16	4	702	4	demarcation
demolition	13	7	698	4	demoli_tion
denervation	15	6	794	4	denervation
dentition	10	4	963	4	de_nti_tion
depiction	14	3	727	4	de__piction
deportation	14	4	930	4	deportation
deposition	13	10	783	4	deposi_tion
deprivation	17	8	877	4	de_privation
dereliction	14	4	457	4	dereliction
derision	9	3	907	4	de__ri_sion
derivation	14	7	1278	4	de__rivation
desalination	13	4	1113	4	desalination
descension	13	4	454	4	desc_ension
describing	16	4	507	4	descri_bing
descriptively	24	7	232	4	descriptively
desecrations	15	5	921	4	desecr_ations
desertions	11	3	988	4	deser__tions
desiccation	16	4	638	4	desiccation
designation	13	4	748	4	designation
desolation	11	3	1140	4	des_olation
desperation	14	5	1011	4	desperation
despoliation	15	4	671	4	despoliation
destination	12	4	1384	4	destination
destitution	12	5	554	4	destitution
destructions	15	4	726	4	destructions
detraction	13	13	858	4	de_traction
detritions	11	4	895	4	de_tri_tions
deviation	13	3	1240	4	de__viation
discretions	14	4	723	4	discr_etions
disruptions	14	12	569	4	dis_ruptions
dissipation	14	4	721	4	dis_sipation
distraction	14	4	912	4	distraction
distribution	15	5	536	4	distribution
encryptions	18	5	296	4	_encryptions
eruption	10	4	704	4	_e__ruption
escalation	12	4	887	4	_escalation
exception	20	4	685	4	_exc_eption
excerption	21	4	506	4	_excerption
excoriation	20	4	843	4	_excoriation
excretion	18	4	671	4	_excr_etion
fasciation	15	4	683	4	fasc_iation
inscriptional	17	17	351	4	inscriptional
inscriptive	18	5	384	4	inscriptive
miscaption	16	4	476	4	misc_aption
miscreation	15	4	772	4	miscreation
misdescriptions	22	11	196	4	~~mis~~descriptions
perception	16	8	861	4	perc_eption
prescriptive	21	5	323	4	prescriptive
proscriptions	19	11	416	4	proscriptions
reception	13	4	1033	4	re_c_eption
recreation	12	4	1361	4	re_creation
rescission	12	4	486	4	resc_ission
rescript	12	7	742	4	rescript___
rescripts	13	7	457	4	rescript__s
reservation	14	8	914	4	reservation
resorptions	13	4	723	4	resor_ptions
respiration	13	5	1119	4	respiration
restrictions	14	4	929	4	restrictions
resumption	14	12	473	4	res_umption
scripting	14	3	747	4	__scripting
secretion	11	11	830	4	se_cr_etion
seriation	9	3	1806	4	__seriation
sorption	10	3	751	4	__sor_ption
striation	9	3	1348	4	__striation
striction	11	4	898	4	__striction
subscriptions	19	5	282	4	subscriptions
superscription	20	6	363	4	superscription
transcription	17	6	407	4	transcription

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	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	118	8.406	17703.9
3	Display Results	118	118	0.076	1552.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	118	8.905	20066.4