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

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

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59 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
imperialists	16	10	540	(None)
imperialisms	18	10	590	1	imperialisms
imperialist	15	10	777	1	imperialist_
imperialism	17	10	693	2	imperialis_m
imperialistic	19	6	294	2	imperialistic
aerialists	10	8	952	3	__aerialists
immaterialists	18	8	351	3	immaterialists
immoralists	15	5	476	3	immor_alists
imperials	13	4	733	3	imperial___s
materialists	14	5	698	3	materialists
serialists	10	8	1036	3	__serialists
specialists	15	4	620	3	_specialists
aerialist	9	9	1426	4	__aerialist_
clericalists	16	12	415	4	_clericalists
commercialists	22	18	382	4	commercialists
empiricists	17	5	205	4	empiri_cists
federalists	15	4	475	4	feder_alists
generalists	12	13	694	4	gener_alists
herbalists	15	4	619	4	__herbalists
hyperbolists	22	11	463	4	hyperbolists
idealists	10	4	722	4	i_de__alists
immaterialisms	17	9	383	4	immaterialisms
immaterialist	17	9	413	4	immaterialist_
immoralisms	14	5	463	4	immor_alisms
immoralist	14	4	651	4	immor_alist_
immortalises	16	9	393	4	immortalises
imparadises	16	5	310	4	impar_adises
impartiality	19	5	304	4	impartiali_ty
imperatives	18	4	644	4	imper_atives
imperial	12	4	902	4	imperial____
imperially	17	4	684	4	imperial__ly
imperiling	15	12	604	4	imperi_li_ng
imperilling	16	12	364	4	imperilli_ng
imperilments	18	15	434	4	imperilments
imperils	12	4	771	4	imperi_l___s
internalises	12	14	911	4	internalises
liberalists	13	4	640	4	liber_alists
literalists	11	4	807	4	liter_alists
madrigalists	16	7	231	4	_madrigalists
materialises	14	4	732	4	materialises
materialisms	16	5	730	4	materialisms
materialist	13	4	951	4	materialist_
medalists	12	4	937	4	_m_e_dalists
memorialists	16	5	466	4	memorialists
mentalists	12	4	1048	4	_m_entalists
metalists	11	4	1266	4	_m_e_talists
mineralises	13	5	787	4	miner_alises
moralists	11	3	1110	4	_m_or_alists
muralists	11	4	816	4	_m_ur_alists
paternalists	14	5	616	4	paternalists
periplasts	14	7	515	4	__periplasts
pictorialists	17	7	411	4	pictorialists
serialises	10	8	1156	4	__serialises
serialisms	12	6	1027	4	__serialisms
serialist	9	7	1511	4	__serialist_
specialises	15	4	600	4	_specialises
specialisms	17	4	597	4	_specialisms
specialist	14	4	834	4	_specialist_
verbalists	15	4	615	4	__verbalists

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	59	7.030	17751.1
3	Display Results	59	59	0.046	1282.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	7.466	23934.0