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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “colonialists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
colonialists	14	8	499	(None)
colonialisms	16	7	475	1	colonialisms
colonialist	13	7	672	1	colonialist_
colonialism	15	6	543	2	colonialis_m
colonialistic	17	7	318	2	colonialistic
colonializes	23	5	439	2	colonializes
colonialize	22	5	462	3	coloniali_ze
colonialized	24	5	363	3	colonialized
colonialness	14	5	346	3	colonialness
colonials	11	4	790	3	colonial___s
colonists	11	25	1250	3	colon___ists
colonitises	13	4	562	3	coloni_tises
neocolonialists	17	8	170	3	~~neo~~colonialists

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	95024	0.513	348325.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	3.410	27866.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.923	45549.6