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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
legalises	10	3	856	(None)
legaleses	10	4	439	1	legaleses
legalise	9	4	949	1	legalise_
legalised	11	4	584	1	legalised
legalisms	12	4	716	1	legalisms
legalists	10	4	794	1	legalists
legalizes	19	3	867	1	legalizes
egalites	9	3	1050	2	_egalites
legacies	11	3	904	2	legaci_es
legalese	9	5	475	2	legalese_
legalism	11	4	858	2	legalis_m
legalist	9	5	1239	2	legalis_t
legalities	11	4	891	2	legalities
legalize	18	3	910	2	legalize_
legalized	20	4	752	2	legalized
legalizer	19	4	632	2	legalizer
legalizers	20	4	410	2	legalizers
localises	11	14	1146	2	localises
metalises	11	3	1507	2	metalises
penalises	11	9	1277	2	penalises
realises	8	24	2018	2	re_alises

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.186	38115.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.608	49526.3