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

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

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32 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
medievalists	18	5	215	(None)
medievalisms	20	5	218	1	medievalisms
medievalist	17	5	289	1	medievalist_
medievalism	19	5	240	2	medievalis_m
federalists	15	4	475	3	fed_eralists
medalists	12	4	937	3	med___alists
medievals	15	5	335	3	medieval___s
revivalists	17	5	356	3	revi_valists
aerialists	10	8	952	4	aeri__alists
dialists	9	4	1141	4	__di__alists
federalisms	17	6	440	4	fed_eralisms
federalist	14	4	644	4	fed_eralist_
generalists	12	13	694	4	ge_neralists
idealists	10	4	722	4	_id_e_alists
madrigalists	16	7	231	4	madrigalists
maximalists	22	5	310	4	maxi_malists
medalist	11	4	1421	4	med___alist_
medallists	13	4	436	4	med__allists
mediaevals	16	5	155	4	mediaeval___s
medieval	14	4	394	4	medieval____
medievally	19	5	257	4	medieval__ly
memorialists	16	5	466	4	memorialists
mentalists	12	4	1048	4	me__ntalists
metalists	11	4	1266	4	m___etalists
minimalists	15	11	460	4	mini_malists
modelists	12	4	647	4	mod_e__lists
neorealists	11	6	528	4	neore_alists
recitalists	13	4	650	4	reci_talists
regionalists	13	5	581	4	regionalists
revivalisms	19	5	355	4	revi_valisms
revivalist	16	4	520	4	revi_valist_
serialists	10	8	1036	4	seri__alists

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	124790	0.596	299817.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	32	6.296	19820.5
3	Display Results	32	32	0.016	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	32	6.908	25867.3