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

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

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
cosmists	12	3	799	(None)
cosmisms	14	4	622	1	cosmisms
cosmist	11	3	1133	1	cosmist_
casuists	10	3	652	2	casuists
chemists	15	27	1032	2	chemists
chymists	18	28	560	2	chymists
coassists	11	27	576	2	coassists
coexists	17	3	565	2	coexists
commits	13	38	1238	2	commi_ts
consists	10	3	1059	2	consists
copyists	15	4	599	2	copyists
cosmids	12	3	763	2	cosmi_ds
cosmism	13	3	701	2	cosmis_m
cosmoses	12	3	970	2	cosmoses

Search took 4 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.360	36029.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.750	47650.9