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

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

19 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
loyalist	11	15	1113	(None)
localist	10	16	1396	1	localist
loyalest	11	14	672	1	loyalest
loyalism	13	16	757	1	loyalism
loyalists	12	13	747	1	loyalists
royalist	11	13	1198	1	royalist
globalist	12	5	676	2	globalist
legalist	9	5	1239	2	legalist
localise	10	15	1185	2	localise
localism	12	13	1001	2	localism
localists	11	14	979	2	localists
loyalisms	14	15	662	2	loyalisms
moralist	10	3	1666	2	moralist
oralist	7	6	1963	2	_oralist
royalism	13	12	847	2	royalism
royalists	12	17	811	2	royalists
sodalist	9	3	1188	2	sodalist
totalist	8	3	1558	2	totalist
vocalist	13	15	1212	2	vocalist

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	121059	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	4.390	27576.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.546	39307.3