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]

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60 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
bacterizing	25	4	611	4	bacter_izing
bastardizing	25	5	276	4	bastardizing
bestializing	24	5	616	4	bestializing
bestriding	14	4	600	4	best_r_iding
cauterizing	23	4	595	4	cauter_izing
desalinizing	23	5	410	4	desalinizing
determining	15	4	529	4	de_termining
energizing	21	4	537	4	_e_nergizing
esterifying	18	7	369	4	_esterifying
eternalizing	22	5	624	4	_e_ternalizing
etherizing	23	4	685	4	_ether_izing
euthanizing	24	4	533	4	_euthanizing
expertizing	30	4	462	4	_expertizing
extermining	21	5	404	4	_extermining
externalizing	30	5	461	4	_externalizing
festering	13	24	1317	4	fester___ing
genderizing	23	4	485	4	gender_izing
heathenizing	28	5	384	4	heathenizing
hellenizing	24	5	407	4	helle_nizing
laterizing	20	4	910	4	_later_izing
luteinizing	21	5	424	4	_luteinizing
mercerizing	25	4	524	4	mercer_izing
mesmerising	16	4	393	4	mesmer_ising
modernizing	24	4	410	4	_modernizing
pasteurizing	24	5	339	4	pasteurizing
peptonizing	25	4	615	4	pept_onizing
pestering	12	23	1566	4	pester___ing
presterilizing	26	12	275	4	presterilizing
reenergizing	23	5	251	4	reenergizing
reseizing	19	3	1123	4	res_e__izing
reservicing	17	5	342	4	res_ervicing
restraining	12	4	753	4	rest_raining
restriking	15	4	804	4	rest_r_iking
restringing	13	4	571	4	rest_ringing
restriving	14	4	813	4	rest_r_iving
sterilizing	21	4	690	4	__sterilizing
systemizing	26	5	424	4	syste_mizing
tenderizing	22	4	546	4	tender_izing
tetanizing	20	6	809	4	te_t_anizing
teutonizing	21	4	533	4	teut_onizing
texturizing	28	5	342	4	textur_izing
weaponizing	26	4	412	4	we_aponizing
weltering	13	21	949	4	welter___ing
westernise	13	4	427	4	western__ise
westernised	15	5	291	4	westerni_sed
westernises	14	4	420	4	westerni_ses
westernization	26	13	448	4	westernization
westernizations	27	15	413	4	westernizations

Search took 8 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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	60	7.110	17551.3
3	Display Results	60	60	0.030	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	7.546	23680.2