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

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

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.

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
metallist	11	5	967	(None)
medallist	12	4	664	1	medallist
metalist	10	5	1935	1	meta_list
metallists	12	6	671	1	metallists
bimetallist	15	5	337	2	bimetallist
medalist	11	4	1421	2	meda_list
medallists	13	4	436	2	medallists
mentalist	11	5	1555	2	menta_list
metalise	10	4	1605	2	meta_lise
metalists	11	4	1266	2	meta_lists
metallic	12	4	764	2	metalli_c
metallics	13	4	613	2	metallics
metallike	15	5	589	2	metallike
metalline	11	5	873	2	metalline
metalling	12	4	959	2	metalling
metallize	20	6	715	2	metallize

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	121436	0.843	211970.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	6.750	17990.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.593	23533.6