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

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

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.

12 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
authorized	23	4	522	(None)
authorised	14	4	451	1	authorised
authorize	21	4	690	1	authorize_
authorizer	22	4	454	1	authorizer
authorizes	22	4	700	1	authorizes
aphorized	24	4	644	2	a_phorized
authored	12	3	826	2	author__ed
authorise	12	4	802	2	authorise_
authorises	13	4	758	2	authorises
authorizers	23	5	302	2	authorizers
reauthorized	25	5	233	2	reauthorized
unauthorized	25	5	174	2	unauthorized

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	108824	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	12	3.046	35726.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.422	52218.3