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

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

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.

15 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
centralists	13	4	814	(None)
centralises	13	4	929	1	centralises
centralisms	15	4	740	1	centralisms
centralist	12	5	1106	1	centralist_
centralest	12	4	714	2	centralest_
centralise	12	6	960	2	centralis_e
centralised	14	4	660	2	centralised
centralism	14	4	864	2	centralis_m
centralistic	16	5	511	2	centralistic
centrality	15	4	774	2	centrali_ty
centralizes	22	4	942	2	centralizes
centrists	11	4	1023	2	centr__ists
generalists	12	13	694	2	generalists
mentalists	12	4	1048	2	ment_alists
neutralists	11	11	664	2	neutralists

Search took 3 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	86808	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	86808	15	2.263	38359.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.639	67711.6