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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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39 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
ginghams	15	7	390	(None)
gingham	14	8	446	1	gingham_
gingals	9	10	931	2	ging_als
lingams	10	45	1019	2	ling_ams
ringhals	12	5	626	2	ringhals
diagrams	12	4	613	3	diagrams
dingbats	12	4	501	3	dingbats
dinghies	13	4	736	3	dinghies
dirhams	13	37	631	3	di_rhams
engrams	10	3	807	3	_engrams
gangways	16	4	373	3	gangways
genograms	13	4	562	3	genograms
gigas	7	54	1558	3	gi_g_a_s
gingal	8	10	1015	3	ging_a_l
gingall	9	11	733	3	ging_all
gingalls	10	9	643	3	gingalls
gingelis	10	24	709	3	gingelis
gingers	9	41	1864	3	ging_ers
gingilis	10	25	559	3	gingilis
gingkoes	14	40	473	3	gingkoes
gingkos	13	40	534	3	ging_kos
grahams	13	3	533	3	g_rahams
gringas	9	3	804	3	gring_a_s
grograms	12	4	602	3	grograms
inseams	9	30	790	3	_inseams
jingals	15	8	807	3	jing_als
kingdoms	16	4	369	3	kingdoms
lingam	9	51	1235	3	ling_am_
lingas	7	51	1657	3	ling_a_s
linguals	9	31	722	3	linguals
minicams	14	12	687	3	minicams
nilghais	12	4	290	3	nilghais
nilghaus	12	4	230	3	nilghaus
oghams	12	4	585	3	__oghams
pangrams	13	3	715	3	pangrams
pingrass	11	4	600	3	pingrass
ringtaws	12	4	356	3	ringtaws
tangrams	11	3	616	3	tangrams
wigwams	16	4	388	3	wi_gwams

Search took 8 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	39	7.063	20694.0
3	Display Results	39	39	0.016	2437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	39	7.515	23777.9