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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “canonises” 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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20 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
canonises	11	4	1080	(None)
canonise	10	5	1109	1	canonise_
canonised	12	5	671	1	canonised
canonists	11	5	851	1	canonists
canonizes	20	4	959	1	canonizes
adonises	9	26	1143	2	_adonises
agonises	9	26	1316	2	_agonises
canalises	11	5	1549	2	canalises
canoeists	11	4	716	2	canoeists
canoness	10	3	939	2	canones_s
canonesses	12	3	841	2	canonesses
canonist	10	5	1353	2	canonis_t
canonize	19	5	983	2	canonize_
canonized	21	4	768	2	canonized
canonizer	20	4	669	2	canonizer
canonizers	21	4	441	2	canonizers
canonries	11	4	841	2	canonries
canopies	12	3	1185	2	canopi_es
caponizes	22	3	870	2	caponizes
colonises	11	28	1401	2	colonises

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	4.766	25479.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.919	36326.7