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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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27 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
lignan	7	55	1032	(None)
ligan	6	79	2028	1	lig_an
lignans	8	39	885	1	lignans
lignin	7	49	1119	1	lignin
lagan	6	65	2034	2	lag_an
legman	9	4	965	2	legman
liana	5	39	1589	2	liana_
lianas	6	37	1338	2	lianas
lienal	6	39	1278	2	lienal
ligand	8	50	1129	2	ligand
ligans	7	68	1773	2	ligans
lignins	8	40	1049	2	lignins
liman	7	59	2160	2	li_man
linac	7	3	1541	2	li_nac
linen	5	57	2872	2	li_nen
linga	6	68	2081	2	linga_
lingam	9	51	1233	2	lingam
lingas	7	51	1656	2	lingas
linin	5	80	2552	2	li_nin
linn	4	60	3459	2	li_n_n
logan	6	81	2328	2	log_an
longan	7	56	1236	2	longan
lungan	7	47	1021	2	lungan
mignon	9	3	795	2	mignon
signa	6	61	1470	2	signa_
signal	7	37	1148	2	signal
wigan	9	51	1439	2	wig_an

Search took 3 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	82551	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.750	30018.5
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.856	62566.9