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

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

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64 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
polemists	13	4	860	(None)
polemist	12	4	1236	1	polemist_
palmists	12	26	881	2	pal_mists
plenists	10	3	825	2	p_lenists
polemicists	17	7	422	2	polemicists
polemics	14	4	818	2	polemi_cs
polemizes	22	4	815	2	polemizes
pollists	10	9	1082	2	pol_lists
poloists	10	9	1052	2	pol_oists
solecists	11	8	707	2	solecists
totemists	11	4	637	2	totemists
ableists	10	3	655	3	able_ists
apologists	13	4	888	3	apologists
bemists	11	34	1070	3	__bemists
chemists	15	27	1032	3	_chemists
coexists	17	3	565	3	co_exists
colonists	11	25	1250	3	colonists
colorists	11	23	1359	3	colorists
columnists	14	4	436	3	columnists
cosmists	12	3	799	3	co_smists
elegists	9	12	811	3	_elegists
foremasts	14	4	579	3	foremasts
holists	10	44	1396	3	hol__ists
legists	8	9	959	3	__legists
malemiuts	13	4	338	3	malemiuts
modelists	12	4	647	3	modelists
molests	9	33	1156	3	mole__sts
novelists	12	4	593	3	novelists
ologists	9	3	944	3	_ologists
oologists	10	3	985	3	oologists
optimists	13	4	529	3	optimists
palmist	11	28	1434	3	pal_mist_
panelists	11	4	834	3	panelists
phonetists	15	4	541	3	phonetists
pietists	10	3	832	3	p_ietists
plenisms	12	3	796	3	p_lenisms
plenist	9	3	1433	3	p_lenist_
poetises	10	3	1395	3	po_etises
pogromists	15	4	361	3	pogromists
polarises	11	5	1407	3	polarises
polecats	12	4	883	3	pole_cats
poleis	8	60	1835	3	pole_i__s
poleless	10	8	987	3	poleles_s
polemic	13	3	1125	3	polemi__c
polemical	15	4	734	3	polemical
polemicist	16	5	602	3	polemicist
polemize	21	4	867	3	polemi_ze
polemized	23	4	650	3	polemized
pollist	9	8	1660	3	pol_list_
poloist	9	10	1632	3	pol_oist_
polygamists	19	6	349	3	polygamists
populists	13	4	549	3	populists
preexists	18	4	473	3	preexists
premises	12	30	1827	3	p_remises
premiss	11	35	1381	3	p_remis_s
prologists	13	3	1117	3	prologists
psalmists	13	4	407	3	psalmists
sodomists	12	5	592	3	sodomists
solecises	11	8	910	3	solecises
solecisms	13	9	670	3	solecisms
solecist	10	9	1078	3	solecist_
soloists	8	6	915	3	sol_oists
totemisms	13	4	491	3	totemisms
totemist	10	4	903	3	totemist_

Search took 9 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	64	8.250	18017.1
3	Display Results	64	64	0.030	2133.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	8.703	20532.1