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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ligulate” 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.

22 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
ligulate	9	25	1024	(None)
ligulae	8	30	875	1	ligula_e
ligulated	11	24	735	1	ligulated
lingulate	10	36	818	1	lingulate
angulate	9	3	1201	2	angulate
cingulate	12	23	858	2	cingulate
figurate	12	3	718	2	figurate
jugulate	16	4	548	2	jugulate
ligate	7	25	1924	2	lig__ate
ligula	7	35	967	2	ligula__
ligular	8	34	853	2	ligula_r
ligulas	8	32	916	2	ligula_s
ligule	7	40	1083	2	ligul__e
lingulae	9	35	701	2	lingula_e
liquate	16	3	841	2	liqu_ate
lobulate	10	7	883	2	lobulate
loculate	10	10	1140	2	loculate
lunulate	8	3	825	2	lunulate
regulate	9	3	1302	2	regulate
simulate	10	3	1113	2	simulate
ungulate	9	3	980	2	ungulate
virgulate	13	4	523	2	virgulate

Search took 5 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	4.640	26090.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.796	37258.3