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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
hedonistic	16	4	454	(None)
hedonist	12	4	955	2	hedonist__
hedonists	13	4	605	2	hedonist_s
agonistic	12	4	668	3	_agonistic
egoistic	11	4	710	3	_ego_istic
egotistic	12	4	613	3	_egotistic
feministic	17	4	534	3	feministic
hedonic	13	3	904	3	hedon___ic
hedonism	14	4	644	3	hedonis__m
hedonisms	15	4	560	3	hedonis_ms
heuristic	14	4	598	3	he_uristic
holistic	13	3	1126	3	h__olistic
humanistic	17	4	439	3	humanistic
humoristic	17	5	438	3	humoristic
melanistic	14	4	587	3	melanistic
monistic	12	3	1130	3	__monistic
nepotistic	14	4	488	3	nepotistic

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.516	21578.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.922	25814.9