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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “characterizing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

16 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
characterizing	31	6	170	(None)
charactering	20	5	371	2	character__ing
characterize	28	6	326	3	characteriz__e
characterized	30	6	238	3	characteriz_ed
characterizes	29	6	286	3	characteriz_es
bacterizing	25	4	610	4	___bacterizing
caramelizing	26	9	326	4	c_ara_melizing
cartelizing	23	4	635	4	c_ar__telizing
catheterizing	28	6	241	4	c_atheterizing
cauterizing	23	4	594	4	c___auterizing
characteries	19	7	497	4	character__ies
characteristic	20	7	177	4	characteristic
characteristics	21	7	112	4	characteristics
chartering	16	10	925	4	char__ter__ing
parameterizing	28	6	181	4	_parameterizing
parametrizing	27	6	272	4	_parametrizing

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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	16	3.016	21841.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.345	53420.3