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

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

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49 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
methodistic	19	5	423	(None)
methodist	15	4	701	2	methodist__
methodists	16	4	497	2	methodist_s
mechanistic	20	5	437	3	mechanistic
melioristic	15	5	450	3	melioristic
meteoritic	14	5	513	3	meteori_tic
methodic	16	5	691	3	method___ic
methodise	15	4	551	3	methodis__e
methodised	17	5	378	3	methodis_ed
methodises	16	4	546	3	methodis_es
methodising	18	5	380	3	methodising
methodism	17	4	523	3	methodis__m
methodisms	18	4	456	3	methodis_ms
aphoristic	17	4	636	4	_aphoristic
atheistic	14	4	735	4	_ath_eistic
atomistic	13	4	777	4	_at_omistic
egoistic	11	4	710	4	_e_go_istic
egotistic	12	4	613	4	_e_gotistic
eulogistic	13	4	456	4	_eulogistic
fetishistic	19	5	253	4	fetishistic
hedonistic	16	4	454	4	he_donistic
holistic	13	3	1126	4	___holistic
mediumistic	18	5	199	4	mediumistic
melanistic	14	4	587	4	me_lanistic
melodist	11	4	974	4	me_lodist__
melodists	12	4	663	4	me_lodist_s
mentalistic	15	5	598	4	mentalistic
mephitic	17	4	714	4	meph__i_tic
meristic	12	3	1125	4	me___ristic
metaplastic	17	5	439	4	metaplastic
meteoritics	15	5	354	4	meteori_tics
methodical	18	4	514	4	methodi_cal
methodize	24	4	571	4	methodi__ze
methodized	26	4	482	4	methodi_zed
methodizes	25	4	558	4	methodi_zes
methodizing	27	5	496	4	methodizing
methods	13	3	888	4	method_s___
monistic	12	3	1130	4	m___onistic
mutualistic	15	5	334	4	mutualistic
mythopoetic	23	5	318	4	mythopoetic
neologistic	14	4	437	4	neologistic
nepotistic	14	4	488	4	ne_potistic
orthodontic	17	5	342	4	orthodontic
parodistic	15	4	680	4	_parodistic
terroristic	13	5	442	4	terroristic
theistic	13	4	815	4	__th_eistic
tropistic	13	4	722	4	__tropistic
utopistic	13	4	538	4	_ut_opistic
wholistic	17	4	594	4	__wholistic

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	49	9.313	15979.7
3	Display Results	49	49	0.030	1633.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	49	9.763	18302.9