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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “harpist” 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.

18 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
harpist	12	3	1236	(None)
harpists	13	3	810	1	harpists
artist	6	41	2554	2	_artist
chartist	13	11	1213	2	chartist
happiest	15	24	1168	2	happiest
hardest	11	31	1841	2	hardest
hardiest	12	34	1634	2	hardiest
harpies	12	38	1832	2	harpies
harpin	11	36	1438	2	harpi_n
harping	13	41	1838	2	harping
harpins	12	36	1570	2	harpins
harps	10	59	2687	2	harp_s_
harvest	13	21	1275	2	harvest
hornist	10	23	1482	2	hornist
narcist	9	5	1244	2	narcist
papist	10	26	1875	2	pa_pist
rapist	8	25	2067	2	ra_pist
sharpest	13	3	915	2	sharpest

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.063	35152.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.452	51764.5