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

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

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
medalists	12	4	937	(None)
medalist	11	4	1421	1	medalist_
medallists	13	4	436	1	medallists
metalists	11	4	1266	1	metalists
feudalists	14	5	457	2	feudalists
idealists	10	4	722	2	idealists
legalists	10	4	794	2	legalists
medallist	12	4	664	2	medallist_
melanists	11	4	862	2	melanists
mentalists	12	4	1048	2	mentalists
metalises	11	3	1507	2	metalises
metalist	10	5	1935	2	metalist_
metallists	12	6	671	2	metallists
midlists	11	3	752	2	mid_lists
modelists	12	4	647	2	modelists
moralists	11	3	1110	2	moralists
muralists	11	4	816	2	muralists
realists	8	30	1484	2	re_alists
sodalists	10	3	815	2	sodalists

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	121436	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	3.360	36141.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.812	46875.9