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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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11 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
illegalizing	23	5	303	(None)
legalizing	21	4	754	2	__legalizing
allegorizing	23	5	257	3	allegorizing
idealizing	21	4	729	3	i_de_alizing
illegalities	13	5	388	3	illegalities
illegalize	20	13	331	3	illegaliz__e
illegalized	22	11	281	3	illegaliz_ed
illegalizes	21	13	324	3	illegaliz_es
legalising	12	4	574	3	__legalising
liberalizing	24	5	518	3	liberalizing
literalizing	22	5	645	3	literalizing

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	11	3.313	28682.2
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.689	48438.9