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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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21 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
colorist	10	28	1899	(None)
colonist	10	26	1793	1	colonist
colorism	12	21	1243	1	colorism
colorists	11	23	1359	1	colorists
colonise	10	25	1428	2	colonise
colonists	11	25	1250	2	colonists
colorant	10	4	1472	2	colorant
colorcast	13	4	655	2	colorcast
colorfast	14	4	503	2	colorfast
coloring	11	4	1484	2	coloring
colorisms	13	28	1079	2	colorisms
coloristic	14	4	735	2	coloristic
colorize	19	23	1420	2	colorize
colors	8	66	2237	2	color_s_
ecologist	12	3	1414	2	ecologist
florist	10	3	1424	2	_florist
motorist	10	3	1441	2	motorist
ologist	8	3	1383	2	_ologist
oologist	9	3	1349	2	oologist
poloist	9	10	1632	2	polo_ist
soloist	7	9	1589	2	solo_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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.876	31233.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.016	44494.8