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

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

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.

16 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
initialisms	13	5	614	(None)
initialism	12	5	721	1	initialism_
initializes	20	12	640	2	initializes
animalisms	14	5	743	3	ani_malisms
initialers	10	5	304	3	initial_ers
initialing	11	4	588	3	initiali_ng
initialize	19	9	686	3	initiali_ze
initialized	21	12	589	3	initialized
initialness	11	5	573	3	initialness
initials	8	4	810	3	initial___s
initiations	11	4	1072	3	initiations
initiatives	14	4	428	3	initiatives
minimalisms	14	7	449	3	mini_malisms
nihilisms	14	4	487	3	_nihi_lisms
ritualisms	12	4	600	3	_ritualisms
vitalisms	14	4	851	3	_vit_alisms

Search took 6 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	121633	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	4.813	25271.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.202	34350.4