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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “imperialist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
imperialist	15	10	777	(None)
imperialism	17	10	693	1	imperialism
imperialists	16	10	540	1	imperialists
imperialisms	18	10	590	2	imperialisms
imperialistic	19	6	294	2	imperialistic
imperials	13	4	733	2	imperial_s_
aerialist	9	9	1426	3	__aerialist
immaterialist	17	9	413	3	immaterialist
immoralist	14	4	651	3	immor_alist
imperial	12	4	902	3	imperial___
imperially	17	4	684	3	imperial_ly
imperiling	15	12	604	3	imperi_ling
imperilling	16	12	364	3	imperilling
imperils	12	4	771	3	imperi_l_s_
materialist	13	4	951	3	materialist
serialist	9	7	1511	3	__serialist
specialist	14	4	834	3	_specialist

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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	4.673	26028.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.079	35182.3