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

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

14 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
pugilistic	15	5	346	(None)
pugilist	11	13	663	2	pugilist__
pugilists	12	12	451	2	pugilist_s
dualistic	12	4	610	3	du_alistic
familistic	17	5	465	3	familistic
legalistic	13	4	527	3	legalistic
nihilistic	15	5	433	3	nihilistic
pacifistic	19	5	382	3	pacifistic
philistia	14	5	408	3	p_hilistia
pluralistic	15	5	405	3	pluralistic
populistic	16	4	485	3	populistic
pugilism	13	14	468	3	pugilis__m
pugilisms	14	12	409	3	pugilis_ms
puristic	12	3	938	3	pu__ristic

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.173	22777.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.592	27107.3