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

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

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38 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
semanticist	15	6	532	(None)
semanticists	16	5	397	1	semanticists
romanticist	15	17	591	2	romanticist
semantics	13	4	682	2	semantic_s_
semioticist	15	9	518	2	semioticist
romanticise	15	15	428	3	romanticise
romanticism	17	18	480	3	romanticism
romanticists	16	17	455	3	romanticists
semantic	12	4	955	3	semantic___
semantical	14	4	573	3	semantic_al
semioticists	16	8	332	3	semioticists
atticist	10	8	1134	4	___atticist
ceramicist	16	5	558	4	cera_micist
empiricist	16	5	335	4	_empiricist
eroticist	11	7	1207	4	_e_roticist
exoticist	18	8	799	4	_e_xoticist
geneticist	13	5	672	4	ge_neticist
hematics	15	17	1219	4	hema_tic_s_
mercantilist	16	6	310	4	mercantilist
negativist	14	5	453	4	nega_tivist
nematicide	15	12	478	4	nema_ticide
nematocyst	17	5	249	4	nema_tocyst
organicist	13	5	497	4	organ_icist
relativist	13	5	623	4	rela_tivist
romanticised	17	14	291	4	romanticised
romanticises	16	13	418	4	romanticises
romanticisms	18	18	436	4	romanticisms
romanticize	24	15	348	4	romanticize
romantics	13	4	678	4	romantic_s_
satirist	8	3	1350	4	s__a_tirist
scantiest	11	26	1101	4	s_canti_est
semantemes	14	4	272	4	semantemes_
semantically	19	5	788	4	semantically
sematic	11	17	1688	4	sema_tic___
seminarist	12	8	828	4	semin_arist
semiotician	15	5	390	4	semiotician
semiotics	13	7	691	4	semiotic_s_
semitist	10	4	1332	4	sem___itist

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	38	8.860	16796.7
3	Display Results	38	38	0.016	2375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	9.282	19251.3