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

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

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55 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
designating	14	4	607	(None)
denigrating	14	14	692	2	denigrating
desiccating	17	4	470	2	desiccating
designation	13	4	748	2	designation
designations	14	5	694	2	designations
designative	16	5	433	2	designative
designing	12	3	662	2	design__ing
resinating	11	3	1373	2	resi_nating
deaminating	15	4	797	3	deaminating
decimating	16	4	876	3	deci_mating
dedicating	15	3	914	3	dedi_cating
deigning	11	3	775	3	de_ign__ing
delegating	13	3	767	3	deleg_ating
delighting	16	4	499	3	delig_hting
delineating	13	4	637	3	delineating
denitrating	13	12	833	3	denitrating
depilating	14	3	919	3	depi_lating
derogating	13	4	863	3	derog_ating
desalinating	14	7	631	3	desalinating
descanting	14	4	692	3	descan_ting
desecrating	15	4	809	3	desecrating
desiderating	15	4	469	3	desiderating
designate	11	4	711	3	designat__e
designated	13	4	593	3	designat_ed
designates	12	4	636	3	designat_es
designator	12	4	471	3	designat_or
designators	13	4	430	3	designators
designatory	16	5	338	3	designatory
designings	13	4	262	3	design__ings
desisting	11	28	1038	3	desi__sting
desolating	12	3	946	3	des_olating
despumating	17	4	369	3	despumating
desugaring	13	4	326	3	desug_aring
detonating	12	4	882	3	de_tonating
deviating	14	3	1108	3	devi__ating
dominating	14	4	940	3	domi_nating
emigrating	14	6	750	3	_emigrating
festinating	15	4	737	3	festinating
geminating	14	4	776	3	gemi_nating
hesitating	14	4	800	3	hesi_tating
levigating	15	4	569	3	levig_ating
pepsinating	16	4	537	3	pepsi_nating
predesignating	19	6	255	3	~~pre~~designating
presignaling	16	5	285	3	presignaling
reigniting	12	4	637	3	re_igniting
remigrating	15	4	759	3	remigrating
resighting	15	4	607	3	resig_hting
resignation	12	4	747	3	resignation
resignations	13	4	688	3	resignations
resigning	11	3	946	3	resign__ing
resituating	12	4	754	3	resituating
resonating	11	3	1126	3	res_onating
signaling	11	3	656	3	__signaling
signeting	11	3	622	3	__signeting
vesicating	16	4	690	3	vesi_cating

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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	55	5.796	20985.7
3	Display Results	55	55	0.030	1833.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	6.219	28733.1