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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “medalist” 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
medalist	11	4	1421	(None)
medalists	12	4	937	1	medalists
medallist	12	4	664	1	medallist
metalist	10	5	1935	1	metalist
feudalist	13	5	630	2	feudalist
idealist	9	3	1065	2	idealist
legalist	9	5	1239	2	legalist
mealiest	10	22	1597	2	me_aliest
medaling	12	19	1226	2	medaling
medallists	13	4	436	2	medallists
medals	9	42	1805	2	medal_s_
melanist	10	3	1305	2	melanist
mentalist	11	5	1555	2	mentalist
metalise	10	4	1605	2	metalise
metalists	11	4	1266	2	metalists
metallist	11	5	967	2	metallist
midlist	10	3	1251	2	mid_list
modelist	11	3	1050	2	modelist
moralist	10	3	1666	2	moralist
muralist	10	3	1298	2	muralist
realist	7	32	2538	2	re_alist
sodalist	9	3	1188	2	sodalist

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.720	32542.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.126	43308.5