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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “finalises” 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.

21 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
finalises	12	29	1152	(None)
finalise	11	31	1257	1	finalise_
finalised	13	33	801	1	finalised
finalisms	14	31	883	1	finalisms
finalists	12	30	1016	1	finalists
finalizes	21	28	1074	1	finalizes
canalises	11	5	1549	2	canalises
finales	10	40	1601	2	final__es
finalis	10	33	1366	2	finali__s
finalism	13	30	1036	2	finalis_m
finalist	11	30	1473	2	finalis_t
finalities	13	4	990	2	finalities
finalize	20	27	1102	2	finalize_
finalized	22	27	924	2	finalized
finalizer	21	30	792	2	finalizer
finalizers	22	26	490	2	finalizers
finises	10	3	1290	2	fin__ises
focalises	14	13	995	2	focalises
penalises	11	9	1277	2	penalises
signalises	11	4	591	2	signalises
vitalises	12	3	1009	2	vitalises

Search took 5 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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.656	33215.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.075	43850.6