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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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33 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
operettists	13	5	253	(None)
operettist	12	5	466	1	operettist_
librettists	13	9	218	3	librettists
operettas	11	4	332	3	operett__as
concretists	15	5	546	4	concre_tists
cornettists	13	5	309	4	cornettists
defeatists	14	4	342	4	_defeatists
detentists	11	4	550	4	_detentists
duettists	10	4	304	4	__duettists
epeeists	10	4	479	4	epe_e__ists
erethisms	14	4	538	4	__erethisms
exegetists	18	5	291	4	exege_tists
hermetists	15	4	561	4	_hermetists
librettist	12	12	316	4	librettist_
operatics	13	4	695	4	oper_ati_cs
operationists	15	5	605	4	operationists
operations	12	3	1295	4	oper_ations
operatives	15	11	788	4	oper_atives
operetta	10	4	430	4	opere_t__ta
optometrists	16	5	240	4	optometrists
overedits	13	4	681	4	overe_di_ts
persists	10	4	918	4	_per__sists
pietists	10	3	832	4	_p_ie_tists
preexists	18	4	473	4	_p_reexists
pretests	10	3	1001	4	_p_re_tests
pretties	10	6	1513	4	_p_retti_es
prettiest	11	9	980	4	_p_rettiest_
protists	10	3	1336	4	_p_r_otists
retwists	11	3	560	4	___retwists
spiritists	12	4	479	4	spir_itists
superegoists	15	5	330	4	superegoists
vegetists	13	4	448	4	_vege_tists
vignettists	15	8	192	4	vignettists

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	33	8.830	16853.8
3	Display Results	33	33	0.013	2538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	33	9.263	19290.8