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

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

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.

23 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
druidism	12	5	346	(None)
druidisms	13	4	298	1	druidisms
druidess	10	4	308	2	druidess
druidic	11	4	353	2	druidi_c
druids	8	36	809	2	druid_s_
brutism	11	4	677	3	bru_tism
bruxism	18	4	365	3	bru_xism
dreidls	9	3	405	3	dreidls_
droids	8	47	1258	3	droid_s_
druggist	11	16	366	3	druggist
druid	7	41	1132	3	druid___
druidical	13	4	301	3	druidical
drumfish	17	4	350	3	drumfish
dualism	10	4	916	3	d_ualism
dudish	11	4	831	3	d_u_dish
fluidise	12	5	454	3	fluidise
iridium	10	4	630	3	ir_idium
nudism	9	35	791	3	_nu_dism
prudish	13	7	656	3	pru_dish
rubidium	13	4	360	3	_rubidium
triadism	11	4	755	3	triadism
troilism	10	4	719	3	troilism
truism	8	11	862	3	tru__ism

Search took 8 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	146162	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	23	7.170	20385.2
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.592	23536.7