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

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

14 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
occultists	14	5	253	(None)
occultisms	16	5	205	1	occultisms
occultist	13	5	362	1	occultist_
cultists	10	10	763	2	__cultists
occultism	15	5	240	2	occultis_m
oculists	10	3	713	2	o_cul_ists
chutists	13	3	558	3	_chu_tists
cultisms	12	12	671	3	__cultisms
cultist	9	14	1271	3	__cultist_
occulters	13	4	345	3	occult_ers
occulting	14	4	510	3	occulti_ng
occults	11	3	512	3	occul___ts
ocularists	12	8	496	3	o_cularists
oculist	9	3	1088	3	o_cul_ist_

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.216	26956.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.622	31784.2