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

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

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
lingers	8	42	2330	(None)
bingers	10	45	1999	1	bingers
clingers	11	38	1066	1	clingers
dingers	9	43	2138	1	dingers
fingers	11	34	1843	1	fingers
flingers	12	34	1019	1	flingers
gingers	9	41	1864	1	gingers
hingers	11	34	2020	1	hingers
ligers	7	50	2203	1	li_gers
liners	6	54	2885	1	lin_ers
linger	7	52	2600	1	linger_
linkers	11	43	1771	1	linkers
linters	7	38	2262	1	linters
longers	8	48	1954	1	longers
lungers	8	38	1709	1	lungers
pingers	10	40	2074	1	pingers
ringers	8	39	2295	1	ringers
singers	8	38	2470	1	singers
slingers	9	37	1268	1	slingers
wingers	11	39	2148	1	wingers
zingers	17	35	1485	1	zingers

Search took 2 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	69583	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	21	1.343	51811.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	1.465	121973.4