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

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

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.

10 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
externalized	29	5	519	(None)
eternalized	21	11	733	1	e_ternalized
externalised	20	5	412	1	externalised
externalize	27	5	638	1	externalize_
externalizes	28	5	581	1	externalizes
eternalize	19	11	850	2	e_ternalize_
eternalizes	20	11	817	2	e_ternalizes
externalise	18	5	608	2	externalise_
externalises	19	5	546	2	externalises
internalized	22	14	745	2	internalized

Search took 5 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	62717	0.656	272394.8
2	DLD Change Limit	62717	10	3.406	18413.7
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.078	43818.3