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

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

21 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
gobang	10	37	670	(None)
goban	8	44	1407	1	goban_
gobangs	11	38	583	1	gobangs
gobans	9	44	1204	1	gobans
bang	7	48	3701	2	__bang
gang	6	60	3198	2	g__ang
gibing	10	37	1235	2	gibing
globing	11	32	1000	2	globing
gobbing	13	29	1070	2	gobbing
gobony	12	3	691	2	gobony
going	7	52	1849	2	go_ing
gong	6	68	2719	2	go__ng
goring	8	41	1957	2	goring
gowan	9	54	1574	2	gowan_
gowans	10	55	1229	2	gowans
gowany	13	45	749	2	gowany
gybing	13	35	593	2	gybing
orang	6	51	1994	2	_orang
probang	12	27	838	2	probang
roband	9	23	1072	2	roband
robing	9	36	1800	2	robing

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.513	32849.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.889	61852.2