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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “recolonizationsa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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13 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
recolonizations	26	16	576	1	recolonizations_
decolonizations	27	14	596	2	decolonizations_
recolonization	25	15	588	2	recolonization__
colonizations	24	22	942	3	__colonizations_
decolonization	26	14	602	3	decolonization__
decolorizations	27	13	610	3	decolorizations_
colonisations	15	21	617	4	__colonisations_
colonization	23	20	1023	4	__colonization__
colonizationist	26	10	218	4	__colonizationist
colorizations	24	14	1035	4	__colorizations_
decolorization	26	13	641	4	decolorization__
repolarizations	26	13	617	4	repolarizations_
revalorizations	27	5	455	4	revalorizations_

Search took 2 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	27383	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	27383	13	1.106	24758.6
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	1.372	130241.3