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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “categorize” 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.

19 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
categorize	22	5	420	(None)
categorise	13	5	443	1	categorise
categorized	24	5	371	1	categorized
categorizes	23	5	419	1	categorizes
categoric	14	4	421	2	categori_c
categories	13	4	607	2	categories
categorised	15	5	328	2	categorised
categorises	14	5	433	2	categorises
allegorize	20	8	347	3	allegorize
calorize	19	27	1273	3	ca__lorize
catabolize	23	19	497	3	catabolize
catechize	25	4	447	3	cate_chize
categorical	16	5	310	3	categorical
categorizing	25	5	345	3	categorizing
category	14	4	382	3	categor__y
catheterize	25	6	283	3	catheterize
cauterize	20	8	831	3	caute__rize
laterize	17	6	1329	3	late__rize
subcategorize	27	14	127	3	~~sub~~categorize

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	19	6.420	21900.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.842	26116.8