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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “imperialism” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
imperialism	17	10	693	(None)
imperialisms	18	10	590	1	imperialisms
imperialist	15	10	777	1	imperialist
imperialists	16	10	540	2	imperialists
imperials	13	4	734	2	imperial_s_
immaterialism	16	10	409	3	immaterialism
immoralism	13	5	517	3	immor_alism
imperial	12	4	902	3	imperial___
imperialistic	19	6	294	3	imperialistic
imperially	17	4	684	3	imperial_ly
imperiling	15	12	604	3	imperi_ling
imperilling	16	12	364	3	imperilling
imperils	12	4	771	3	imperi_l_s_
materialism	15	4	826	3	materialism
serialism	11	8	1198	3	__serialism
specialism	16	4	681	3	_specialism

Search took 6 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	4.626	26293.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.032	35510.9