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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “westernizing” 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.

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
westernizing	25	5	372	(None)
westernising	16	5	306	1	westernising
eternizing	20	4	676	2	_e_ternizing
eternising	11	4	600	3	_e_ternising
fraternizing	25	5	340	3	fraternizing
mesmerizing	25	4	487	3	mesmer_izing
weatherizing	28	5	435	3	weather_izing
westering	13	21	1264	3	wester___ing
westernize	22	4	414	3	westerniz__e
westernized	24	5	352	3	westerniz_ed
westernizes	23	4	412	3	westerniz_es
winterizing	24	4	605	3	winter_izing

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	3.830	24810.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.190	42647.0