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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
spiritists	12	4	479	(None)
spiritisms	14	4	485	1	spiritisms
spiritist	11	4	809	1	spiritist_
spiritism	13	4	555	2	spiritis_m
spiritistic	15	5	275	2	spiritistic
empiricists	17	5	205	3	empiricists
iritises	8	3	997	3	__iritises
pietists	10	3	832	3	_pi_etists
protists	10	3	1336	3	_p_rotists
scientists	12	4	496	3	scientists
semitists	11	4	818	3	s_emitists
separatists	13	5	450	3	separatists
spiriest	10	25	1345	3	spiri_est_
spiriting	12	3	841	3	spiriti_ng
spiritless	12	4	374	3	spiritless
spiritoso	11	4	228	3	spiritos_o
spiritous	11	5	502	3	spirit_ous
spirits	9	41	1262	3	spir__i_ts
spiritualists	15	12	366	3	spirit~~ual~~ists
spirituals	12	5	355	3	spirituals
spirituous	12	5	285	3	spirituous

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	6.030	23317.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.469	27622.7