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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “semifinalists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
semifinalists	18	8	223	(None)
semifinalist	17	7	294	1	semifinalist_
semifinals	15	5	322	3	semifinal___s
seminarists	13	7	539	3	sem__inarists
emotionalists	15	15	582	4	_emotionalists
finalists	12	30	1016	4	____finalists
memorialists	16	5	466	4	memori_alists
minimalists	15	11	460	4	__minimalists
nominalists	13	5	573	4	nom__inalists
regionalists	13	5	581	4	regi_onalists
semifinal	14	4	470	4	semifinal____
seminarist	12	8	827	4	sem__inarist_
serialists	10	8	1036	4	se__ri_alists

Search took 5 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	4.506	21088.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.866	36722.4