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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “canonize” 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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20 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
canonize	19	5	983	(None)
canonise	10	5	1109	1	canonise
canonized	21	4	768	1	canonized
canonizer	20	4	669	1	canonizer
canonizes	20	4	959	1	canonizes
caponize	21	3	911	1	caponize
agonize	17	29	1140	2	_agonize
anodize	17	3	868	2	_anodize
calorize	19	27	1274	2	calorize
canalize	19	9	1449	2	canalize
cannie	8	38	1936	2	can_ni_e
canonic	11	3	1293	2	canoni_c
canonised	12	5	671	2	canonised
canonises	11	4	1080	2	canonises
canonist	10	5	1353	2	canonist
canonizers	21	4	441	2	canonizers
caponized	23	4	707	2	caponized
caponizes	22	3	870	2	caponizes
carbonize	22	16	904	2	carbonize
colonize	19	23	1277	2	colonize

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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.686	32842.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.139	43172.5