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

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

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
leftist	10	27	935	(None)
leftest	10	26	946	1	leftest
leftish	13	19	725	1	leftish
leftism	12	22	609	1	leftism
leftists	11	23	551	1	leftists
deftest	11	26	1171	2	deftest
dentist	8	3	1674	2	dentist
elitist	7	4	1491	2	elitist
heftiest	14	3	918	2	heftiest
lefties	10	3	1207	2	lefties
leftisms	13	23	524	2	leftisms
leftmost	13	4	258	2	leftmost
lefts	8	65	1781	2	left_s_
legist	7	13	1525	2	le_gist
lentisk	11	3	606	2	lentisk
loftiest	11	3	908	2	loftiest
lutist	6	43	1755	2	l_utist

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.016	35699.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.402	52525.3