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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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22 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
canalise	10	8	1621	(None)
canalised	12	8	1091	1	canalised
canalises	11	5	1549	1	canalises
canalize	19	9	1449	1	canalize
analyse	10	20	889	2	_analyse
banalize	19	10	1093	2	banalize
cabalism	14	3	1014	2	cabalism
cabalist	12	3	1449	2	cabalist
canaille	10	4	841	2	canaille
canaling	11	20	1641	2	canaling
canalized	21	6	1169	2	canalized
canalizes	20	11	1378	2	canalizes
canals	8	44	2166	2	canal_s_
canaries	10	3	1894	2	canaries
canonise	10	5	1109	2	canonise
catalase	10	3	921	2	catalase
finalise	11	31	1257	2	finalise
nasalise	8	4	886	2	nasalise
penalise	10	10	1376	2	penalise
scandalise	13	4	489	2	scandalise
tantalise	9	12	1082	2	tantalise
vandalise	13	4	767	2	vandalise

Search took 4 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.703	32692.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.843	46497.8