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

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

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41 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
pugilist	11	13	663	(None)
pugilism	13	14	468	1	pugilism
pugilists	12	12	451	1	pugilists
pugilisms	14	12	409	2	pugilisms
pugilistic	15	5	346	2	pugilistic
dualist	8	6	1405	3	du_alist
duelist	8	5	1141	3	du_elist
duellist	9	8	633	3	duellist
eugenist	9	4	962	3	eugenist
fuguist	11	3	607	3	fug_uist
homilist	13	4	1003	3	homilist
hygieist	15	4	349	3	hygieist
legalist	9	5	1239	3	legalist
luminist	10	4	1056	3	luminist
muralist	10	3	1298	3	muralist
nihilist	11	4	716	3	nihilist
pacifist	15	4	809	3	pacifist
paganist	11	4	1181	3	paganist
panelist	10	4	1450	3	panelist
phallist	13	3	898	3	phallist
pilis	7	58	2520	3	p__ilis_
playlist	13	4	757	3	playlist
pluralist	11	4	817	3	pluralist
pollist	9	8	1660	3	p_ollist
populist	12	4	820	3	populist
publicist	15	4	503	3	publicist
publish	14	4	791	3	pu_blish
puddliest	13	4	369	3	puddliest
pudgiest	12	29	789	3	pudgi_est
puerilism	13	4	476	3	puerilism
puggiest	12	21	922	3	puggiest
puggish	14	26	599	3	pug_gish
pulis	7	42	2560	3	pu__lis_
puniest	9	29	1809	3	puni_est
pupils	10	38	991	3	pupil_s_
purist	8	55	2505	3	pu__rist
purplest	12	24	913	3	purplest
purplish	15	5	493	3	purplish
ruralist	8	3	1170	3	ruralist
ugliest	8	4	1015	3	_ugliest
utilise	7	4	906	3	_utilise

Search took 8 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	146162	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	41	6.673	21903.5
3	Display Results	41	41	0.013	3153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	41	7.156	24970.8