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

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

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.

15 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
amorists	10	4	1133	(None)
amorist	9	3	1764	1	amorist_
aorists	7	42	1583	1	a_orists
agonists	9	28	983	2	agonists
amoristic	13	4	799	2	amoristic
amortises	11	7	882	2	amortises
aorist	6	48	2787	2	a_orist_
aphorists	14	4	826	2	aphorists
arborists	11	4	745	2	arborists
atomists	10	26	1096	2	atomists
aurists	7	46	1578	2	a_urists
camorrists	14	4	372	2	camorrists
florists	11	3	881	2	florists
humorists	14	4	578	2	humorists
monists	9	36	1478	2	_monists

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	121059	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	4.096	29555.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.279	41760.0