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

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

17 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
hygieists	16	4	260	(None)
hygeists	15	4	354	1	hyg_eists
hygieist	15	4	349	1	hygieist_
hygienists	17	5	233	1	hygienists
hygeist	14	4	579	2	hyg_eist_
hygienist	16	5	326	2	hygienist_
ageists	8	4	849	3	_ag_eists
hagadists	14	4	507	3	hagadists
heists	9	68	1463	3	h___eists
homilists	14	5	681	3	homilists
hybridists	19	5	258	3	hybridists
hygienes	15	4	341	3	hygie_nes
hygienics	18	5	183	3	hygienics
hymnists	16	4	490	3	hy_mnists
lyricists	14	79	835	3	lyricists
physicists	20	5	392	3	physicists
pugilists	12	12	451	3	pugilists

Search took 7 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	5.720	25986.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.153	29041.3