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

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

14 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
allegorical	14	5	228	(None)
allegoric	12	4	411	2	allegoric__
allegorically	19	5	267	2	allegorically
allegories	11	8	539	3	allegori_es
allegorise	11	8	349	3	allegori_se
allegorised	13	8	251	3	allegorised
allegorises	12	8	359	3	allegorises
allegorist	11	8	476	3	allegori_st
allegorists	12	8	340	3	allegorists
allegorize	20	8	347	3	allegori_ze
allegorized	22	9	309	3	allegorized
allegorizer	21	8	267	3	allegorizer
allegorizes	21	8	362	3	allegorizes
categorical	16	5	311	3	categorical

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	5.280	23036.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.686	31426.5