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

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

13 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
leftists	11	23	551	(None)
leftisms	13	23	524	1	leftisms
leftist	10	27	935	1	leftist_
dentists	9	3	926	2	dentists
elitists	8	4	854	2	elitists
leftest	10	26	946	2	leftest_
lefties	10	3	1207	2	lefti_es
leftish	13	19	725	2	leftis_h
leftism	12	22	609	2	leftis_m
leftmosts	14	4	154	2	leftmosts
legists	8	9	959	2	le_gists
lentisks	12	4	441	2	lentisks
lutists	7	38	1027	2	l_utists

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	5.326	22729.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.716	31261.5