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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “polemic” 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
polemic	13	3	1125	(None)
polemics	14	4	818	1	polemics
holmic	13	3	878	2	hol_mic
oleic	7	3	1333	2	_ole_ic
phonemic	17	4	717	2	phonemic
poetic	10	4	1684	2	po_etic
poleis	8	60	1835	2	pole_is
polemical	15	4	734	2	polemical
polemist	12	4	1236	2	polemist
polemize	21	4	867	2	polemize
politic	11	29	1871	2	politic
polyenic	15	4	767	2	polyenic
polysemic	18	4	489	2	polysemic
potamic	13	3	1085	2	potamic
proxemic	21	4	615	2	proxemic
pyaemic	16	4	587	2	pyaemic
pyemic	15	3	789	2	p_yemic
tonemic	11	3	1017	2	tonemic
totemic	11	3	753	2	totemic
toxemic	18	4	559	2	toxemic

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.686	48478.3