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

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

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43 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
opticist	12	4	892	(None)
opticists	13	4	642	1	opticists
optimist	12	5	687	1	optimist
atticist	10	8	1134	2	atticist
optician	12	4	724	2	optician
optics	10	28	1018	2	optic_s_
optimise	12	5	558	2	optimise
optimism	14	4	521	2	optimism
optimists	13	4	529	2	optimists
vorticist	14	4	816	2	vorticist
activist	13	10	948	3	activist
atticism	12	6	853	3	atticism
atticists	11	6	794	3	atticists
eroticist	11	7	1207	3	eroticist
ethicist	13	4	789	3	ethicist
exoticist	18	8	799	3	exoticist
intimist	10	4	1021	3	intimist
lyricist	13	71	898	3	lyricist
mosaicist	13	4	602	3	mosaicist
nativist	11	11	868	3	nativist
oiticica	12	4	408	3	oiticica
opencast	12	4	486	3	opencast
optic	9	37	1518	3	optic___
optical	11	4	986	3	optic_al
opticians	13	4	554	3	opticians
optimes	11	4	847	3	optimes_
optimised	14	4	431	3	optimised
optimises	13	4	608	3	optimises
optimisms	15	5	522	3	optimisms
optimistic	16	5	429	3	optimistic
optimize	21	4	550	3	optimize
options	9	38	1060	3	options_
otitis	6	36	1234	3	o_titis_
otocyst	12	4	483	3	o_tocyst
outcast	9	10	1374	3	out_cast
poeticism	15	4	833	3	poeticism
priciest	12	21	1290	3	_priciest
routinist	9	4	949	3	routinist
satirist	8	3	1350	3	satirist
spiciest	12	27	1160	3	sp_iciest
upticks	15	3	515	3	upticks_
vorticism	16	4	638	3	vorticism
vorticists	15	4	607	3	vorticists

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	146162	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	43	7.500	19488.3
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	7.689	23239.8