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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “armbands” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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65 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
armbands	13	5	514	(None)
armband	12	6	598	1	armband_
farmhands	18	4	335	2	farmhands
farmlands	15	4	386	2	farmlands
probands	13	22	839	2	probands
ribands	10	20	839	2	_ribands
robands	10	21	986	2	_robands
sarabands	12	4	559	2	sarabands
alands	7	54	1837	3	a__lands
almonds	10	12	795	3	alm_onds
ambages	12	6	962	3	a_mbages
ambaris	11	31	1216	3	a_mbaris
ambones	11	3	1268	3	a_mbones
amends	9	47	1328	3	a_m_ends
armada	9	3	878	3	arm_a_da
armadas	10	3	817	3	arm_adas
armings	10	38	1150	3	arm_ings
armloads	11	4	423	3	armloads
atmans	8	44	1396	3	atm_an_s
bands	8	52	3342	3	___bands
barehands	15	4	525	3	barehands
barmaids	13	4	594	3	barm_aids
bombards	15	3	649	3	bombards
brands	9	51	1894	3	br__ands
brigands	12	4	562	3	brigands
browbands	17	4	340	3	browbands
commands	15	31	882	3	commands
demands	11	43	1141	3	dem_ands
disbands	12	3	735	3	disbands
embanks	15	29	570	3	_embanks
errands	8	4	760	3	er_rands
fahlbands	18	4	263	3	fahlbands
farmhand	17	4	356	3	farmhand_
farmland	14	5	423	3	farmland_
farmyards	18	4	281	3	farmyards
garlands	10	3	832	3	gar_lands
gormands	12	6	656	3	gorm_ands
grands	8	42	1824	3	gr__ands
hairbands	15	4	406	3	hairbands
hatbands	14	4	629	3	hatbands
husbands	14	4	476	3	husbands
parklands	16	5	471	3	parklands
passbands	14	5	398	3	passbands
prebends	13	34	788	3	prebends
prebinds	13	35	773	3	prebinds
proband	12	27	1024	3	proband_
probangs	13	25	621	3	probangs
rainbands	12	4	419	3	rainbands
rands	6	59	3045	3	_r__ands
rebinds	10	45	1187	3	_rebinds
relands	8	52	1488	3	_relands
remands	10	49	1488	3	_remands
ribalds	10	23	667	3	_ribalds
riband	9	23	962	3	_riband_
ribbands	13	4	456	3	ribbands
rimlands	11	4	524	3	rimlands
roband	9	23	1072	3	_roband_
saraband	11	4	619	3	saraband_
sarabande	12	4	404	3	sarabande
sarabandes	13	4	409	3	sarabandes
summands	13	4	471	3	summands
trolands	9	3	642	3	trolands
wavebands	18	4	335	3	wavebands
yardlands	14	4	358	3	yardlands
yardwands	17	4	268	3	yardwands

Search took 9 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	65	7.546	19369.5
3	Display Results	65	65	0.033	1969.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	65	7.999	22339.2