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

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

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
anecdotist	13	8	389	(None)
anecdotists	14	7	250	1	anecdotists
anecdotalist	15	6	294	2	anecdotalist
anecdotes	12	6	386	2	anecdotes_
anecdotic	14	4	446	2	anecdoti_c
anecdota	11	8	271	3	anecdot__a
anecdotage	14	5	136	3	anecdotage
anecdotal	12	18	257	3	anecdot_al
anecdotalism	17	6	246	3	anecdotalism
anecdotalists	16	6	229	3	anecdotalists
anecdote	11	8	367	3	anecdot__e
anecdotical	16	5	297	3	anecdotical
nepotist	10	5	923	3	_ne_potist

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.593	21326.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.012	25483.6