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

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

15 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
linguals	9	31	722	(None)
lingual	8	37	908	1	lingual_
bilinguals	13	5	240	2	bilinguals
gingals	9	10	931	2	ging_als
jingals	15	8	807	2	jing_als
ligulas	8	32	917	2	li_gulas
lingams	10	45	1019	2	ling_ams
lingas	7	51	1657	2	ling_a_s
lingua	7	50	991	2	lingua__
linguae	8	39	841	2	lingua_e
lingually	13	4	437	2	lingually
lingula	8	42	880	2	lingu_la
lingulae	9	35	703	2	lingulae
lingular	9	40	750	2	lingular
ringhals	12	5	626	2	ringhals

Search took 4 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	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.296	36729.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.796	47073.5