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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ligase” 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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26 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
ligase	7	25	991	(None)
ligases	8	23	1071	1	ligases
ligate	7	25	1925	1	ligate
lipase	8	23	910	1	lipase
gigas	7	54	1558	2	gigas_
kinase	10	42	1065	2	kinase
lase	4	61	4851	2	l__ase
lease	5	52	3026	2	l_ease
legate	7	29	1745	2	legate
liaise	6	3	1069	2	liaise
liane	5	47	2066	2	li_ane
ligan	6	79	2028	2	liga_n
ligand	8	50	1129	2	ligand
ligans	7	68	1773	2	ligans
ligated	9	24	1414	2	ligated
ligates	8	23	1838	2	ligates
ligule	7	40	1083	2	ligule
ligure	7	27	947	2	ligure
limas	7	56	2763	2	limas_
linage	7	7	1340	2	linage
lingas	7	51	1657	2	lingas_
lipases	9	20	948	2	lipases
liras	5	60	2198	2	liras_
litas	5	49	2377	2	litas_
lyase	8	55	1241	2	l_yase
vigas	9	48	1788	2	vigas_

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.719	65719.4