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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
formalist	14	19	1064	(None)
formalise	14	23	978	1	formalise
formalism	16	21	818	1	formalism
formalists	15	21	762	1	formalists
formulist	14	20	591	1	formulist
formalin	13	4	731	2	formali_n
formalins	14	4	721	2	formalins
formalised	16	26	666	2	formalised
formalises	15	25	899	2	formalises
formalisms	17	22	724	2	formalisms
formalistic	18	5	434	2	formalistic
formality	17	4	699	2	formality
formalize	23	27	1003	2	formalize
formals	12	33	1289	2	formal_s_
formulism	16	21	442	2	formulism
formulists	15	20	470	2	formulists
moralist	10	3	1666	2	mor_alist
normalise	11	25	942	2	normalise
oralist	7	6	1963	2	_or_alist

Search took 6 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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	4.810	25246.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	5.232	34153.5