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

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

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.

16 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
sterilization	22	5	886	(None)
sterilizations	23	5	798	1	sterilizations
serialization	22	9	1172	2	s_erialization
stabilization	24	6	619	2	stabilization
esterification	19	9	533	3	esterification
eternization	21	5	867	3	eter_nization
fertilization	25	8	845	3	_fertilization
lateralization	23	6	746	3	lateralization
literalization	23	9	742	3	literalization
materialization	26	7	521	3	materialization
serializations	23	7	1093	3	s_erializations
specialization	27	10	628	3	specialization
stabilizations	25	6	560	3	stabilizations
stylization	23	4	667	3	st__ylization
subtilization	24	5	663	3	subtilization
utilization	20	4	968	3	ut__ilization

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	16	2.813	23417.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.155	56637.4