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

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

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.

22 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
finalise	11	31	1257	(None)
finalis	10	33	1366	1	finalis_
finalised	13	33	801	1	finalised
finalises	12	29	1152	1	finalises
finalism	13	30	1036	1	finalism
finalist	11	30	1473	1	finalist
finalize	20	27	1102	1	finalize
canalise	10	8	1621	2	canalise
finale	9	41	1676	2	final__e
finales	10	40	1601	2	finales_
finalisms	14	31	883	2	finalisms
finalists	12	30	1016	2	finalists
finality	14	4	834	2	finality
finalized	22	27	924	2	finalized
finalizer	21	30	792	2	finalizer
finalizes	21	28	1074	2	finalizes
finals	9	43	1616	2	final_s_
finlike	14	27	906	2	fin_like
focalise	13	12	1037	2	focalise
penalise	10	10	1376	2	penalise
signalise	10	4	639	2	signalise
vitalise	11	3	1074	2	vitalise

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.266	37066.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.669	48702.9