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

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

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41 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
authorizes	22	4	700	(None)
authorises	13	4	758	1	authorises
authorize	21	4	690	1	authorize_
authorized	23	4	522	1	authorized
authorizer	22	4	454	1	authorizer
authorizers	23	5	302	1	authorizers
aphorizes	23	4	801	2	a_phorizes
authorise	12	4	802	2	authorise_
authorised	14	4	451	2	authorised
authorities	14	4	634	2	authorities
reauthorizes	24	5	259	2	reauthorizes
anchorites	15	4	776	3	anchorites
aphorises	14	3	1000	3	a_phorises
aphorize	22	4	904	3	a_phorize_
aphorized	24	4	644	3	a_phorized
aphorizer	23	4	540	3	a_phorizer
aphorizers	24	4	358	3	a_phorizers
arborizes	20	8	882	3	a_rborizes
atomizes	19	27	1143	3	a_t_omizes
authored	12	3	826	3	author__ed
authoress	12	4	517	3	author_ess
authoresses	14	4	379	3	authoresses
authorial	12	4	708	3	authori_al
authoring	13	4	858	3	authori_ng
authority	15	4	569	3	authori_ty
authorizing	24	7	578	3	authorizing
authors	10	3	1185	3	author___s
autolyzes	21	5	513	3	aut_olyzes
autotomizes	22	4	467	3	autotomizes
cauterizes	21	9	800	3	caut_erizes
etherizes	21	4	931	3	_etherizes
euphonizes	24	4	504	3	euphonizes
euthanizes	22	6	590	3	euthanizes
factorizes	24	8	672	3	fact_orizes
methodizes	25	4	558	3	methodizes
motorizes	20	4	1078	3	mot_orizes
reauthorize	23	5	267	3	reauthorize_
reauthorized	25	5	233	3	reauthorized
theorizes	21	4	707	3	__theorizes
thorites	11	3	1239	3	__thorites
unauthorized	25	5	174	3	unauthorized

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	41	6.483	21688.0
3	Display Results	41	41	0.016	2562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	41	6.905	25878.5