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

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

25 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
assigns	8	3	619	(None)
assign	7	3	678	1	assign_
aligns	7	53	1295	2	a_ligns
askings	12	51	917	2	askings
assignat	9	4	568	2	assignat
assignats	10	4	400	2	assignats
assigned	10	4	463	2	assigned
assignee	9	4	484	2	assignee
assignees	10	4	350	2	assignees
assigner	9	4	485	2	assigner
assigners	10	4	441	2	assigners
assignor	9	4	299	2	assignor
assignors	10	4	324	2	assignors
assists	7	3	847	2	assists
assizes	16	3	845	2	assizes
cosigns	10	4	751	2	cosigns
designs	9	32	831	2	designs
ensigns	8	3	635	2	ensigns
gassings	10	43	840	2	gassings
passings	11	40	987	2	passings
passions	10	3	1058	2	passions
reassigns	10	7	435	2	reassigns
resigns	8	39	1096	2	resigns
sasins	6	49	2310	2	sasi_ns
signs	6	55	1632	2	__signs

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	2.873	37476.9
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.249	54998.8