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

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

22 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
vitalists	12	3	922	(None)
vitalises	12	3	1009	1	vitalises
vitalisms	14	4	851	1	vitalisms
vitalist	11	3	1339	1	vitalist_
dialists	9	4	1141	2	di_alists
fatalists	12	3	1002	2	fatalists
finalists	12	30	1016	2	finalists
metalists	11	4	1266	2	metalists
ritualists	10	4	617	2	ritualists
sitarists	9	4	937	2	sitarists
titlists	8	3	729	2	tit_lists
totalists	9	3	1075	2	totalists
violists	11	3	766	2	vi_olists
visualists	13	4	489	2	visualists
vitalise	11	3	1074	2	vitalis_e
vitalised	13	4	720	2	vitalised
vitalism	13	3	968	2	vitalis_m
vitalistic	15	4	586	2	vitalistic
vitality	14	5	811	2	vitali_ty
vitalizes	21	3	992	2	vitalizes
vocalists	14	10	889	2	vocalists
votarists	12	9	860	2	votarists

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	22	3.406	35653.6
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.812	46875.9