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

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

13 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
optimism	14	4	521	(None)
optimise	12	5	558	1	optimise
optimisms	15	5	522	1	optimisms
optimist	12	5	687	1	optimist
opiumism	14	4	289	2	opiumism
opticist	12	4	892	2	opticist
optimes	11	4	847	2	optimes_
optimised	14	4	431	2	optimised
optimises	13	4	608	2	optimises
optimists	13	4	529	2	optimists
optimize	21	4	550	2	optimize
optimum	13	4	335	2	optim_um
optimums	14	4	256	2	optimums

Search took 4 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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.170	38189.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.579	49927.6