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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “semifinalists” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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59 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
semifinalists	18	8	223	(None)
semifinalist	17	7	294	1	semifinalist_
semifinals	15	5	322	3	semifinal___s
seminarists	13	7	539	3	sem__inarists
emotionalists	15	15	582	4	_emotionalists
finalists	12	30	1016	4	____finalists
memorialists	16	5	466	4	memori_alists
minimalists	15	11	460	4	__minimalists
nominalists	13	5	573	4	nom__inalists
regionalists	13	5	581	4	regi_onalists
semifinal	14	4	470	4	semifinal____
seminarist	12	8	828	4	sem__inarist_
serialists	10	8	1036	4	se__ri_alists
aerialists	10	8	953	5	ae__ri_alists
cembalists	16	4	524	5	cem___balists
communalists	18	13	456	5	com_munalists
emotionalisms	17	14	532	5	_emotionalisms
emotionalist	14	14	687	5	_emotionalist_
feminists	14	22	762	5	fem__in__ists
finalises	12	29	1152	5	____finalises
finalisms	14	31	883	5	____finalisms
finalist	11	30	1473	5	____finalist_
maximalists	22	5	310	5	__maximalists
medievalists	18	5	215	5	medi_evalists
memorialises	16	5	554	5	memori_alises
memorialist	15	5	656	5	memori_alist_
militarists	13	11	631	5	__militarists
minimalisms	14	7	449	5	__minimalisms
minimalist	14	11	649	5	__minimalist_
nationalists	12	20	1033	5	nati_onalists
nominalisms	15	5	515	5	nom__inalisms
nominalist	12	4	816	5	nom__inalist_
personalists	14	7	650	5	pe_rsonalists
rationalists	12	19	1006	5	rati_onalists
recitalists	13	4	650	5	re__citalists
regionalisms	15	5	506	5	regi_onalisms
regionalist	12	5	722	5	regi_onalist_
revivalists	17	5	357	5	re__vivalists
sectionalisms	17	5	652	5	sectionalisms
semifinished	21	6	106	5	semifin__ished
seminarians	13	5	514	5	sem__inarians
seminaries	12	4	1000	5	sem__inari_es
semiologists	15	4	822	5	semi_ologists
semioticists	16	8	332	5	semi_oticists
semitists	11	4	818	5	sem__i__tists
sensationalists	15	24	461	5	sensationalists
sensualists	11	5	447	5	se__nsualists
sentimentalists	17	14	463	5	sentimentalists
serialises	10	8	1156	5	se__ri_alises
serialisms	12	6	1027	5	se__ri_alisms
serialist	9	7	1511	5	se__ri_alist_
signalises	11	4	591	5	s__i_gnalises
socialists	12	4	849	5	s__oci_alists
specialists	15	4	620	5	s_peci_alists
spiritualists	15	12	366	5	s_piritualists
survivalists	18	5	198	5	s_urvivalists
syndicalists	18	15	264	5	s_yndicalists
trivialists	14	6	455	5	_trivi_alists
virginalists	16	15	283	5	_virginalists

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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	59	8.576	14551.1
3	Display Results	59	59	0.046	1282.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	9.012	19828.1