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

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

22 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
egoists	8	8	707	(None)
egoisms	10	6	595	1	egoisms
egoist	7	6	1228	1	egoist_
egotists	9	3	706	1	egotists
ageists	8	4	849	2	ageists
agists	7	57	1317	2	ag_ists
agonists	9	28	983	2	agonists
egests	7	44	1125	2	eg_ests
egises	7	3	1249	2	eg_ises
egoism	9	7	747	2	egois_m
egoistic	11	4	710	2	egoistic
egotisms	11	4	668	2	egotisms
egotist	8	4	1127	2	egotist_
enlists	7	4	939	2	enlists
exists	13	47	1091	2	e_xists
foists	9	54	1398	2	_foists
gists	6	60	2619	2	_g_ists
grists	7	47	1648	2	_grists
hoists	9	55	1602	2	_hoists
joists	13	47	1103	2	_joists
legists	8	9	959	2	leg_ists
oboists	9	3	790	2	oboists

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.403	31640.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.779	47285.3