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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
pianist	9	6	1510	(None)
pianism	11	6	1103	1	pianism
pianists	10	4	901	1	pianists
apiarist	10	4	1206	2	apiarist
dialist	8	5	1776	2	dialist
diarist	8	5	1711	2	diarist
onanist	7	3	1463	2	onanist
paganist	11	4	1181	2	paganist
papist	10	26	1875	2	p_apist
pianic	10	37	1412	2	piani_c
pianisms	12	4	901	2	pianisms
pianistic	13	4	717	2	pianistic
pianos	8	43	1593	2	pianos_
pians	7	51	2696	2	pian_s_
pietist	9	4	1403	2	pietist
piniest	9	31	2113	2	pi_niest
planish	12	4	1205	2	planish
plenist	9	3	1433	2	plenist
tanist	6	3	2459	2	_tanist

Search took 4 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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.390	31761.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.780	47272.8