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

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

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
externalises	19	5	546	(None)
externalise	18	5	608	1	externalise_
externalised	20	5	412	1	externalised
externalisms	21	5	495	1	externalisms
externalizes	28	5	581	1	externalizes
eternalizes	20	11	817	2	e_ternalizes
externalism	20	5	593	2	externalis_m
externalities	20	5	518	2	externalities
externalize	27	5	638	2	externalize_
externalized	29	5	519	2	externalized
internalises	12	14	911	2	internalises
eternalize	19	11	850	3	e_ternalize_
eternalized	21	11	733	3	e_ternalized
eternalness	11	5	382	3	e_ternalness
eternises	9	11	945	3	e_tern__ises
exteriorises	19	5	421	3	exteriorises
externalising	21	5	339	3	externalising
externality	21	5	504	3	externali_ty
externals	16	6	662	3	external___s
internalise	11	15	1055	3	internalise_
internalised	13	12	704	3	internalised
internalizes	21	13	869	3	internalizes
materialises	14	4	732	3	materialises
paternalisms	16	5	608	3	paternalisms
paternalists	14	5	616	3	paternalists
alternatives	15	5	325	4	alternatives
centralises	13	4	929	4	cent_r_alises
enteritises	11	4	773	4	enter_itises
enterprises	13	5	554	4	enter_prises
esterases	9	4	963	4	ester_a__ses
eternalnesses	13	5	369	4	e_ternalnesses
eternals	8	23	895	4	e_ternal___s
eternise	8	11	966	4	e_tern__ise_
eternised	10	11	627	4	e_tern__ised
eternities	10	4	806	4	e_terniti_es
eternizes	18	11	801	4	e_tern__izes
etherealizes	24	5	375	4	etherealizes
exercises	18	4	646	4	ex_er__cises
expertises	19	4	710	4	exper__tises
extemporises	23	16	369	4	extemporises
exteriorise	18	5	464	4	exteriorise_
exteriorised	20	5	319	4	exteriorised
exteriorizes	28	5	361	4	exteriorizes
extermines	19	4	778	4	exter__mines
external	15	7	722	4	external____
externalizing	30	5	461	4	externalizing
externally	20	4	554	4	external__ly
externes	15	3	983	4	extern____es
externships	23	5	361	4	externshi_ps
extradites	18	4	557	4	ext_r_adites
extradoses	18	5	345	4	ext_r_adoses
extralities	18	4	823	4	ext_r_alities
fraternalisms	18	6	379	4	fraternalisms
generalises	12	16	782	4	gener_alises
internalities	13	5	863	4	internalities
internalize	20	14	959	4	internalize_
internalized	22	14	745	4	internalized
lateralizes	20	4	843	4	later_alizes
liberalises	13	4	683	4	liber_alises
literalisms	13	5	770	4	liter_alisms
literalists	11	4	807	4	liter_alists
literalizes	20	4	811	4	liter_alizes
materialise	13	4	784	4	materialise_
materialised	15	5	547	4	materialised
materialisms	16	5	730	4	materialisms
materialists	14	5	698	4	materialists
materializes	23	4	722	4	materializes
mineralises	13	5	787	4	miner_alises
nationalises	12	29	1036	4	nationalises
naturalises	11	4	649	4	natur_alises
neutralises	11	11	693	4	neut_r_alises
paternalism	15	5	677	4	paternalis_m
paternalist	13	5	859	4	paternalis_t
penalises	11	9	1277	4	__pe_nalises
rationalises	12	20	1037	4	rationalises
serialises	10	8	1156	4	__serialises
sterilises	10	4	825	4	_ster_ilises
ternaries	9	3	1164	4	__ternari_es
vernalizes	22	4	932	4	__vernalizes
westernises	14	4	420	4	western__ises

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	80	6.376	19571.8
3	Display Results	80	80	0.063	1269.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	6.829	26166.5