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

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

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
optimistic	16	5	429	(None)
optimist	12	5	687	2	optimist__
optimists	13	4	529	2	optimist_s
activistic	17	4	492	3	activistic
animistic	13	6	742	3	_animistic
atomistic	13	4	776	3	_atomistic
nativistic	15	5	500	3	nativistic
opticist	12	4	892	3	opticist__
opticists	13	4	642	3	opticist_s
optimisation	16	19	394	3	optimisation
optimise	12	5	558	3	optimis__e
optimised	14	4	431	3	optimis_ed
optimises	13	4	608	3	optimis_es
optimising	15	4	449	3	optimising
optimism	14	4	521	3	optimis__m
optimisms	15	5	522	3	optimis_ms
totemistic	14	6	432	3	totemistic

Search took 8 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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.860	20496.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.032	25411.1