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

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

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.

24 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
protists	10	3	1336	(None)
protests	10	3	1049	1	protests
protist	9	3	2022	1	protist_
artists	7	42	1559	2	ar_tists
egotists	9	3	706	2	egotists
erotisms	10	3	1016	2	erotisms
ironists	8	3	929	2	ironists
parodists	12	4	851	2	parodists
pietists	10	3	832	2	pietists
pretests	10	3	1001	2	pretests
probits	11	27	1257	2	probi_ts
profits	12	29	1124	2	profi_ts
promises	12	29	1676	2	promises
prosaists	11	5	750	2	prosaists
protases	10	21	1503	2	protases
protasis	10	24	1197	2	protasis
protects	12	3	974	2	protects
protest	9	3	1753	2	protest_
protistan	11	4	598	2	protistan
protistans	12	4	520	2	protistans
protistic	13	4	1098	2	protistic
protiums	12	3	855	2	protiums
provisos	13	3	691	2	provisos
provosts	13	3	608	2	provosts

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	121059	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.500	34588.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.686	48478.3