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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “catechizes” 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
catechizes	26	4	434	(None)
catechises	17	4	491	1	catechises
catechize	25	4	447	1	catechize_
catechized	27	4	347	1	catechized
catechizer	26	4	314	1	catechizer
catechizers	27	5	223	1	catechizers
catecheses	17	4	381	2	catecheses
catechins	16	4	664	2	catechi_ns
catechise	16	4	494	2	catechise_
catechised	18	4	311	2	catechised
catechisms	19	4	427	2	catechisms
catechists	17	4	446	2	catechists

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	12	2.830	38453.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.216	55563.1