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

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

14 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
faddists	13	23	554	(None)
faddisms	15	26	498	1	faddisms
faddist	12	28	964	1	faddist_
addicts	11	7	601	2	_addicts
caddises	12	32	935	2	caddises
dadaists	10	4	558	2	dadaists
faddiest	13	3	811	2	faddiest_
faddish	15	35	900	2	faddis_h
faddism	14	35	672	2	faddis_m
fascists	13	3	661	2	fascists
fauvists	14	4	384	2	fauvists
feudists	12	4	446	2	feudists
fideists	12	4	554	2	fideists
sadists	8	33	1085	2	sa_dists

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.280	36908.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.686	48478.3