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

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

23 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
lignans	8	39	885	(None)
ligans	7	68	1773	1	lig_ans
lignan	7	55	1032	1	lignan_
lignins	8	40	1049	1	lignins
lagans	7	57	1778	2	lag_ans
lianas	6	37	1338	2	liana_s
ligan	6	79	2028	2	lig_an_
ligand	8	50	1129	2	lig_and
ligands	9	43	898	2	ligands
lignin	7	49	1119	2	lignin_
limans	8	48	1630	2	li_mans
linacs	8	3	1081	2	li_nacs
linens	6	48	1839	2	li_nens
lingams	10	45	1019	2	lingams
lingas	7	51	1657	2	linga_s
linins	6	59	2214	2	li_nins
linns	5	61	2333	2	li_n_ns
logans	7	63	1906	2	log_ans
longans	8	45	1081	2	longans
lungans	8	39	905	2	lungans
mignons	10	3	786	2	mignons
signals	8	35	916	2	signals
wigans	10	45	1170	2	wig_ans

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.906	45747.8