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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ligand8501129(None) 
ligan67920281ligan_
ligands9438981ligands
ligans76817731ligans
brigand1136642brigand
lagan66520342lagan_
lagans75717782lagans
lagend838742lagend
land56337302l__and
legend837692legend
liana53915892li_ana
liane54720662li_ane
liang64914412li_ang
liard65418592li_ard
ligase7259912ligase
ligate72519242ligate
ligated92414132ligated
lignan75510322lignan
lignans8398852lignans
liman75921602liman_
limans84816302limans
litany939052litany
lizard16369232lizard
logan68123282logan_
logans76319062logans
riband9239622riband
siganid947182siganid
viand9511072vi_and
wigan95114392wigan_
wigans104511702wigans

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551302.64331233.8
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691302.76264696.2