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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
penalize	19	9	1275	(None)
penalise	10	10	1376	1	penalise
penalized	21	12	1023	1	penalized
penalizes	20	9	1184	1	penalizes
banalize	19	10	1093	2	banalize
canalize	19	9	1449	2	canalize
finalize	20	27	1102	2	finalize
legalize	18	3	910	2	legalize
metalize	19	4	1478	2	metalize
pealike	13	12	1127	2	pe_alike
penalised	12	10	882	2	penalised
penalises	11	9	1277	2	penalises
penality	13	3	1071	2	penality
penlite	9	3	1324	2	pen_lite
petaline	10	3	1488	2	petaline
realize	16	27	1708	2	re_alize
vernalize	21	5	984	2	vernalize

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.813	31749.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.969	45021.7