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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “novelises” 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.

14 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
novelises	12	4	737	(None)
novelise	11	3	795	1	novelise_
novelised	13	4	498	1	novelised
novelists	12	4	593	1	novelists
novelizes	21	4	622	1	novelizes
lovelies	11	3	989	2	loveli_es
noesises	8	3	850	2	no_esises
novelist	11	4	945	2	novelis_t
novelize	20	4	684	2	novelize_
novelized	22	4	531	2	novelized
novelizer	21	4	470	2	novelizer
novelizers	22	4	377	2	novelizers
novelties	12	4	598	2	novelties
obelises	10	3	910	2	_obelises

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	121436	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.326	36511.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.749	47663.6