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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 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
imitation	11	5	1085	(None)
imitations	12	5	996	1	imitations
limitation	12	4	915	1	limitation
agitation	10	3	1122	2	agitation
citation	10	3	1436	2	_citation
imitating	12	3	876	2	imitating
imitative	14	4	633	2	imitative
imitator	10	4	711	2	imitat_or
imputation	14	4	712	2	imputation
incitation	12	3	1222	2	incitation
initiation	10	4	1210	2	initiation
invitation	13	4	1002	2	invitation
irritation	10	4	897	2	irritation
limitations	13	4	818	2	limitations
mutation	10	14	1288	2	_mutation
visitation	13	4	859	2	visitation

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	4.483	27088.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.876	36647.0