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

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

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79 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
persisted	12	4	715	(None)
persister	11	4	683	1	persister
desisted	10	3	978	2	de_sisted
perished	14	3	1009	2	per_ished
permitted	14	4	665	2	permitted
persist	9	3	1585	2	persist__
persistent	12	4	603	2	persistent
persisters	12	4	628	2	persisters
persists	10	4	918	2	persist_s
presifted	15	3	687	2	presifted
resisted	9	3	1269	2	re_sisted
assisted	9	3	623	3	_assisted
bemisted	13	6	838	3	be_misted
consisted	12	3	851	3	consisted
delisted	10	3	1056	3	de_listed
enlisted	9	7	819	3	_enlisted
existed	15	3	847	3	_e_xisted
heisted	11	32	1065	3	he__isted
herniated	13	4	601	3	herniated
insisted	9	9	867	3	_insisted
meristem	12	4	574	3	mer_istem
merited	10	3	1385	3	mer_i_ted
oersted	8	3	956	3	oer__sted
peised	9	48	1768	3	pe__is_ed
pensioned	12	4	665	3	pensioned
pepsinated	15	4	523	3	pepsinated
percussed	14	4	481	3	percussed
perfected	17	3	664	3	perfected
perfused	14	4	584	3	perfus_ed
periled	10	3	1632	3	per_i_led
perilled	11	4	1011	3	per_illed
periostea	11	4	479	3	periostea
peripter	12	7	875	3	per_ipter
perishes	13	3	1375	3	per_ishes
perlite	9	3	1732	3	perli_te_
perlites	10	3	1636	3	perli_tes
permeated	14	3	937	3	permeated
permittee	13	4	668	3	permittee
permitter	13	4	596	3	permitter
permuted	13	3	671	3	per_muted
perorated	12	4	1247	3	perorated
persecuted	15	4	350	3	persecuted
persistence	15	5	415	3	persistence
persistency	18	5	265	3	persistency
persisting	13	4	665	3	persisting
personated	13	25	829	3	personated
perspired	14	4	422	3	perspired
persuaded	13	4	437	3	persuaded
perused	10	31	1220	3	per_us_ed
perverted	15	4	610	3	perverted
posited	10	5	1149	3	p_osi_ted
praised	10	42	1481	3	p_rais_ed
precised	13	32	1341	3	precis_ed
precited	13	30	1381	3	preci_ted
predicted	15	3	891	3	predicted
preexisted	20	4	378	3	preexisted
premised	13	30	1319	3	premis_ed
prepasted	14	13	767	3	prepasted
presented	12	3	1163	3	presented
presided	12	4	1055	3	presi_ded
presorted	12	3	945	3	presorted
pressed	10	33	1731	3	pres_s_ed
pretasted	12	14	796	3	pretasted
pretested	12	14	911	3	pretested
prevised	14	36	1107	3	previs_ed
previsited	16	4	518	3	previsited
priested	11	3	839	3	p_riested
printed	10	40	1637	3	p_r_inted
prised	9	43	2220	3	p_r_is_ed
prissed	10	33	1126	3	p_r_issed
relisted	9	3	1262	3	re_listed
reraised	9	3	1236	3	rerais_ed
resifted	12	3	1015	3	re_sifted
resister	8	3	1165	3	re_sister
resited	8	51	2242	3	re_si_ted
retwisted	13	4	489	3	retwisted
seriated	9	27	1702	3	ser_iated
subsisted	12	4	578	3	subsisted
versified	16	14	760	3	versified

Search took 7 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	79	6.470	22973.9
3	Display Results	79	79	0.030	2633.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	79	6.920	25822.4