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

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

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.

23 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
ligands	9	43	898	(None)
ligand	8	50	1129	1	ligand_
ligans	7	68	1773	1	ligan_s
brigands	12	4	562	2	brigands
lagans	7	57	1778	2	lagan_s
lagends	9	4	727	2	lagends
lands	6	54	2690	2	l__ands
legends	9	3	607	2	legends
lianas	6	37	1338	2	li_anas
lianes	6	38	1932	2	li_anes
liangs	7	44	1059	2	li_angs
liards	7	52	1261	2	li_ards
ligan	6	79	2028	2	ligan__
ligases	8	23	1070	2	ligases
ligates	8	23	1837	2	ligates
lignans	8	39	885	2	lignans
limans	8	48	1630	2	liman_s
lizards	17	42	761	2	lizards
logans	7	63	1906	2	logan_s
ribands	10	20	839	2	ribands
siganids	10	4	530	2	siganids
viands	10	4	781	2	vi_ands
wigans	10	45	1170	2	wigan_s

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	107671	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	9.063	11880.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	9.549	18713.1