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

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

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.

17 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
nilghaus	12	4	230	(None)
nilgaus	8	4	400	1	nilg_aus
nilghais	12	4	290	1	nilghais
nilghau	11	4	243	1	nilghau_
nylghaus	15	5	139	1	nylghaus
nilgais	8	4	520	2	nilg_ais
nilgau	7	3	511	2	nilg_au_
nilghai	11	4	247	2	nilgha_i
nylghais	15	5	161	2	nylghais
nylghau	14	4	141	2	nylghau_
ginghams	15	7	390	3	ginghams
nighs	9	50	1361	3	ni_gh__s
nights	10	41	1772	3	ni_gh_ts
nilgai	7	3	488	3	nilg_a_i
nylghai	14	4	144	3	nylgha_i
pilaus	8	41	1413	3	pil__aus
ringhals	12	5	626	3	ringhals

Search took 7 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	17	6.500	22486.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.923	25811.2