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

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

20 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
persist	9	3	1585	(None)
persists	10	4	918	1	persists
desist	7	48	1881	2	de_sist
peris	7	55	3707	2	per_is_
perish	11	46	1906	2	per_ish
perkiest	14	33	1324	2	perkiest
perkish	16	25	882	2	perkish
permit	10	3	2168	2	permi_t
permits	11	3	1400	2	permits
persalt	9	3	1541	2	persalt
perses	8	54	2806	2	perses_
persisted	12	4	714	2	persisted
persister	11	4	683	2	persister
pertest	9	3	1704	2	pertest
presift	12	3	1222	2	presift
purist	8	55	2505	2	pur_ist
pursiest	10	28	1212	2	pursiest
resist	6	45	2453	2	re_sist
tersest	7	17	1399	2	tersest
verist	9	38	2389	2	ver_ist

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.640	29579.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.029	44351.2