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

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

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.

18 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
molestation	13	6	596	(None)
molestations	14	7	547	1	molestations
forestation	14	4	700	2	forestation
attestation	11	4	518	3	attestation
contestation	14	4	866	3	contestation
delectation	14	4	855	3	delectation
detestation	12	4	836	3	detestation
fomentation	16	4	771	3	fomentation
forestations	15	4	632	3	forestations
gestation	10	3	1066	3	__gestation
infestation	14	4	704	3	infestation
mentation	11	3	1398	3	m__entation
moderation	13	4	865	3	mode_ration
outstation	10	4	616	3	_outstation
protestation	14	5	636	3	protestation
restation	9	3	1691	3	__restation
toleration	10	4	896	3	tole_ration
workstation	18	5	230	3	workstation

Search took 6 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	18	5.483	22183.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.892	30327.7