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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ragbag” 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
ragbag	10	4	546	(None)
ragbags	11	3	511	1	ragbags
ragtag	8	3	664	1	ragtag
ratbag	9	5	656	1	ratbag
gasbag	10	3	541	2	gasbag
rabat	7	28	3222	2	ra_bat
raga	5	59	3081	2	rag_a_
ragas	6	53	2606	2	rag_as
ragg	6	56	2269	2	rag__g
raging	8	51	2643	2	raging
raglan	7	37	1150	2	raglan
ragman	9	40	1371	2	ragman
ragtags	9	3	537	2	ragtags
ratbags	10	3	576	2	ratbags
tagrag	8	3	704	2	tagrag

Search took 3 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	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.313	35690.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.669	66950.5