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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “westernisation” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
westernisation	17	15	257	(None)
westernisations	18	17	243	1	westernisations
westernization	26	13	448	1	westernization
westernizations	27	15	413	2	westernizations
eternization	21	5	867	3	_e_ternization
determination	16	5	764	4	de_termination
esterification	19	9	533	4	_esterification
eternizations	22	5	807	4	_e_ternizations
extermination	22	7	574	4	_extermination
externalisation	22	7	276	4	_externalisation
fraternization	26	17	406	4	fraternization
modernisation	16	5	276	4	_modernisation
sternutation	12	5	396	4	__sternutation
weatherization	29	5	414	4	weather_ization
westernising	16	5	306	4	westernis__ing
winterization	25	13	781	4	winter_ization

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	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	16	3.533	18645.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.843	46497.8