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

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

8 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
athleticism	18	5	301	(None)
athleticisms	19	6	266	1	athleticisms
athletics	14	10	582	2	athletic_s_
aestheticism	19	6	310	3	aesth_eticism
asceticism	16	5	422	3	a_sceticism
athletic	13	11	865	3	athletic___
atticism	12	6	853	3	at___ticism
estheticism	18	5	374	3	esth_eticism

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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	8	4.373	27814.5
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	4.779	37390.9