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

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

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
nargile	8	4	765	(None)
narghile	12	4	403	1	narghile
nargileh	12	7	243	1	nargileh
nargiles	9	7	679	1	nargiles
agile	6	51	2226	2	_a_gile
argil	6	51	1688	2	_argil_
argils	7	52	1362	2	_argils
argle	6	54	2156	2	_arg_le
argyle	10	6	606	2	_argyle
fragile	11	4	784	2	fragile
gargle	8	42	1546	2	garg_le
nardine	8	27	1257	2	nardine
narghiles	13	4	354	2	narghiles
nargilehs	13	6	143	2	nargilehs
narine	6	34	2255	2	nar_ine
unagile	8	3	828	2	una_gile
vagile	10	3	1054	2	va_gile

Search took 5 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	0.216	827273.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.830	28112.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.046	44164.9