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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “legalists” 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
legalists	10	4	794	(None)
legalises	10	3	856	1	legalises
legalisms	12	4	716	1	legalisms
legalist	9	5	1239	1	legalist_
legaleses	10	4	439	2	legaleses
legalise	9	4	949	2	legalis_e
legalised	11	4	584	2	legalised
legalism	11	4	858	2	legalis_m
legalistic	13	4	527	2	legalistic
legality	12	3	762	2	legali_ty
legalizes	19	3	867	2	legalizes
legists	8	9	959	2	leg__ists
localists	11	14	979	2	localists
loyalists	12	13	747	2	loyalists
medalists	12	4	937	2	medalists
metalists	11	4	1266	2	metalists
realists	8	30	1484	2	re_alists

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	121436	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.143	38637.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.529	50635.0