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

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

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64 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
mechanization	29	5	632	(None)
mechanizations	30	5	581	1	mechanizations
melanization	23	4	988	2	me_lanization
cephalization	29	8	818	3	cephalization
germanization	25	13	719	3	germanization
melanizations	24	4	936	3	me_lanizations
methanation	16	4	453	3	methan__ation
tetanization	21	4	1030	3	te_tanization
balkanization	28	5	415	4	balkanization
cephalizations	30	8	759	4	cephalizations
cocainization	26	5	595	4	cocainization
decantation	14	4	894	4	dec_an_tation
decapitation	17	4	868	4	dec_apitation
decimalization	28	5	788	4	decimalization
decolonization	26	14	602	4	decolonization
dehumanization	29	5	451	4	dehumanization
deionization	22	4	988	4	de_ionization
demonization	24	4	1094	4	de_monization
derealization	23	10	1153	4	derealization
equalization	30	4	981	4	_equalization
eternization	21	5	867	4	_eternization
etherization	24	5	768	4	_etherization
feminization	26	12	848	4	fe_minization
feudalization	26	5	706	4	feudalization
focalization	26	4	966	4	foc_alization
galvanization	26	21	482	4	galvanization
germanizations	26	16	683	4	germanizations
hebraization	26	12	614	4	hebra_ization
hellenization	25	5	419	4	hellenization
humanization	26	8	708	4	_humanization
legalization	22	4	1161	4	le_galization
localization	23	4	1043	4	loc_alization
machination	18	10	682	4	mach__ination
mechanician	20	5	300	4	mechani__cian
mechanistic	20	5	437	4	mechani_sti_c
mechanizable	30	6	237	4	mechaniza_ble
mechanizing	28	4	610	4	mechaniz__ing
memorization	25	4	992	4	me_morization
mercerization	26	5	632	4	mercerization
metallization	24	17	686	4	metallization
methanations	17	4	397	4	methan__ations
modernization	25	5	533	4	modernization
moralization	23	4	1161	4	m_oralization
mutualization	24	5	690	4	mutualization
organization	22	5	722	4	_organization
penalization	23	5	1266	4	pe_nalization
realization	20	4	1722	4	re__alization
reanimation	13	5	963	4	re__animation
recanalization	25	5	767	4	recanalization
recantation	13	4	986	4	rec_an_tation
recolonization	25	15	588	4	recolonization
reorganization	24	5	478	4	reorganization
romanization	23	8	989	4	_romanization
secularization	25	6	564	4	secularization
serialization	22	9	1172	4	serialization
socialization	24	4	910	4	socialization
specialization	27	10	628	4	specialization
tetanizations	22	4	991	4	te_tanizations
urbanization	23	4	654	4	_urbanization
velarization	24	4	990	4	ve_larization
verbalization	27	6	967	4	verbalization
vernalization	25	4	1003	4	vernalization
vocalization	26	4	999	4	voc_alization
vulcanization	27	6	464	4	vulcanization

Search took 6 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	64	5.436	17480.5
3	Display Results	64	64	0.046	1391.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	5.842	30587.3