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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “legalise” 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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23 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
legalise	9	4	949	(None)
legalese	9	5	475	1	legalese
legalised	11	4	584	1	legalised
legalises	10	3	856	1	legalises
legalism	11	4	858	1	legalism
legalist	9	5	1239	1	legalist
legalize	18	3	910	1	legalize
egalite	8	3	1156	2	_egalite
legacies	11	3	904	2	legacies
legaleses	10	4	439	2	legaleses
legalisms	12	4	716	2	legalisms
legalists	10	4	794	2	legalists
legality	12	3	762	2	legality
legalized	20	4	752	2	legalized
legalizer	19	4	632	2	legalizer
legalizes	19	3	867	2	legalizes
legals	7	34	1273	2	legal_s_
legatine	9	13	1140	2	legatine
leglike	12	13	684	2	leg_like
localise	10	15	1185	2	localise
metalise	10	4	1605	2	metalise
penalise	10	10	1376	2	penalise
realise	7	30	2181	2	re_alise

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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.186	42687.8