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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
ribalds	10	23	667	(None)
ribald	9	20	929	1	ribald_
ribands	10	20	839	1	ribands
balds	8	55	2464	2	__balds
pibals	10	38	1308	2	pibal_s
piebalds	13	4	434	2	piebalds
rials	5	50	2667	2	ri_al_s
ribaldly	14	4	281	2	ribaldly
ribaldry	14	4	170	2	ribaldry
riband	9	23	962	2	riband_
ribbands	13	4	456	2	ribbands
ritards	8	43	994	2	ritards
rivals	9	42	1318	2	rival_s
riyals	9	41	1108	2	riyal_s
robalos	9	3	768	2	robalos
robands	10	21	986	2	robands
tribals	9	6	1075	2	tribal_s

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.423	31455.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.813	46863.6