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

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

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47 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
decolonization	26	14	602	(None)
decolonizations	27	14	596	1	decolonizations
decolorization	26	13	641	1	decolorization
recolonization	25	15	588	1	recolonization
colonization	23	20	1023	2	__colonization
decolorizations	27	13	610	2	decolorizations
recolonizations	26	16	576	2	recolonizations
colonisation	14	17	676	3	__colonisation
colonizations	24	22	942	3	__colonizations
colorization	23	17	1119	3	__colorization
dechlorination	20	5	341	3	dechlorination
deionization	22	4	988	3	de__ionization
demonization	24	4	1094	3	de__monization
deodorization	24	5	646	3	de_odorization
depolarization	26	13	648	3	depolarization
desalinization	24	5	561	3	desalinization
aerosolization	23	5	421	4	aerosolization
canonization	23	4	792	4	__canonization
colonisations	15	21	617	4	__colonisations
colorizations	24	14	1035	4	__colorizations
dechlorinations	21	5	311	4	dechlorinations
decimalization	28	5	788	4	decimalization
declination	14	4	1187	4	dec_l__ination
decollation	14	4	819	4	decol___lation
decolonizing	25	8	507	4	decoloniz__ing
decortication	18	5	753	4	deco_rtication
defeminization	29	5	380	4	defeminization
defoliation	15	4	831	4	defol__i_ation
dehumanization	29	5	451	4	dehumanization
deionizations	23	4	921	4	de__ionizations
delocalization	26	6	705	4	delocalization
demobilization	28	5	579	4	demobilization
demonetization	26	5	587	4	demonetization
demonizations	25	4	1024	4	de__monizations
demoralization	26	10	862	4	demoralization
deodorizations	25	5	632	4	de_odorizations
depolarizations	27	14	633	4	depolarizations
desalinizations	25	5	539	4	desalinizations
dichotomization	32	10	182	4	dichotomization
fictionization	28	6	360	4	fictionization
hellenization	25	5	419	4	he_llenization
mechanization	29	5	632	4	mec_hanization
melanization	23	4	988	4	me__lanization
ozonization	19	4	583	4	___ozonization
repolarization	25	11	629	4	repolarization
revalorization	26	6	483	4	revalorization
secularization	25	6	564	4	secularization

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	47	3.440	19149.4
3	Display Results	47	47	0.030	1566.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	47	3.796	47073.5