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

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

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.

12 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
externalize	27	5	638	(None)
eternalize	19	11	850	1	e_ternalize
externalise	18	5	608	1	externalise
externalized	29	5	519	1	externalized
externalizes	28	5	581	1	externalizes
eternalized	21	11	733	2	e_ternalized
eternalizes	20	11	817	2	e_ternalizes
externalised	20	5	412	2	externalised
externalises	19	5	546	2	externalises
externalism	20	5	593	2	externalism
externality	21	5	504	2	externality
internalize	20	14	959	2	internalize

Search took 3 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	86808	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	86808	12	2.453	35388.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.842	62875.1