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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “penalises” 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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15 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
penalises	11	9	1277	(None)
penalise	10	10	1376	1	penalise_
penalised	12	10	882	1	penalised
penalizes	20	9	1184	1	penalizes
canalises	11	5	1549	2	canalises
finalises	12	29	1152	2	finalises
legalises	10	3	856	2	legalises
metalises	11	3	1507	2	metalises
penalities	12	13	1346	2	penalities
penalize	19	9	1275	2	penalize_
penalized	21	12	1023	2	penalized
penalties	11	13	950	2	penalties
penises	9	3	1819	2	pen__ises
penlites	10	3	1227	2	pen_lites
realises	8	24	2018	2	re_alises

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.890	31217.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.030	44340.2