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

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

15 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
finalists	12	30	1016	(None)
finalises	12	29	1152	1	finalises
finalisms	14	31	883	1	finalisms
finalist	11	30	1473	1	finalist_
annalists	9	4	906	2	annalists
dialists	9	4	1141	2	di_alists
fatalists	12	3	1002	2	fatalists
finalis	10	33	1366	2	finali__s
finalise	11	31	1257	2	finalis_e
finalised	13	33	801	2	finalised
finalism	13	30	1036	2	finalis_m
finality	14	4	834	2	finali_ty
finalizes	21	28	1073	2	finalizes
fiscalists	15	4	467	2	fiscalists
vitalists	12	3	922	2	vitalists

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	121436	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	4.220	28776.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.500	39709.1