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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “existentialist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

9 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
existentialist	21	23	269	(None)
existentialism	23	18	253	1	existentialism
existentialists	22	17	230	1	existentialists
existentialisms	24	18	215	2	existentialisms
essentialist	12	6	387	3	e__ssentialist
existential	18	5	388	3	existential___
existentially	23	6	318	3	existential_ly
essentialism	14	6	339	4	e__ssentialism
essentialists	13	6	306	4	e__ssentialists

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	65874	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	9	3.106	21208.6
3	Display Results	9	9	0.016	562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	3.452	51764.5