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

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

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52 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
specialization	27	10	628	(None)
specialisation	18	18	275	1	specialisation
specializations	28	11	563	1	specializations
serialization	22	9	1172	2	s_erialization
socialization	24	4	910	2	s_ocialization
specialisations	19	13	242	2	specialisations
decimalization	28	5	788	3	_decimalization
penalization	23	5	1266	3	_pe_nalization
serializations	23	7	1093	3	s_erializations
socializations	25	4	848	3	s_ocializations
specification	22	4	576	3	speci_fication
sterilization	22	5	886	3	steri_lization
cephalization	29	8	818	4	_cephalization
decimalizations	29	5	758	4	_decimalizations
derealization	23	10	1153	4	_derealization
equalization	30	4	981	4	__equalization
feudalization	26	5	706	4	_feudalization
focalization	26	4	966	4	_foc_alization
idealization	22	4	1027	4	ide__alization
initialization	23	9	597	4	initialization
labialization	24	5	834	4	_labialization
legalization	22	4	1161	4	_le_galization
lexicalization	32	10	614	4	_lexicalization
localization	23	4	1043	4	_loc_alization
materialization	26	7	521	4	materialization
mechanization	29	5	632	4	_mechanization
musicalization	27	9	545	4	musicalization
penalizations	24	5	1163	4	_pe_nalizations
periodization	25	5	606	4	_periodization
pluralization	24	5	708	4	_pluralization
radicalization	26	12	604	4	radicalization
realization	20	4	1722	4	_re__alization
recanalization	25	5	767	4	_recanalization
resocialization	26	6	434	4	resocialization
revitalization	26	6	780	4	_revitalization
secularization	25	6	564	4	s_ecularization
sensualization	23	22	651	4	sensualization
signalization	23	5	739	4	s_ignalization
specialistic	18	5	418	4	speciali_sti_c
specialities	16	5	679	4	speciali__ties
specializing	26	5	550	4	specializ__ing
speciation	14	4	939	4	spec___i_ation
specifications	23	4	535	4	speci_fications
speculation	15	4	754	4	spec_ul__ation
stabilization	24	6	619	4	stabi_lization
sterilizations	23	5	798	4	steri_lizations
subtilization	24	5	663	4	subti_lization
thermalization	28	5	561	4	thermalization
trivialization	26	6	481	4	trivialization
verbalization	27	6	967	4	_verbalization
vernalization	25	4	1003	4	_vernalization
vocalization	26	4	999	4	_voc_alization

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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	52	3.406	19340.6
3	Display Results	52	52	0.030	1733.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	3.749	47663.6