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

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

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.

14 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
lignify	14	4	379	(None)
dignify	15	4	389	1	dignify
ignify	13	3	451	1	_ignify
signify	14	4	485	1	signify
dignity	12	3	646	2	dignity
lignin	7	49	1119	2	ligni_n
lignins	8	40	1049	2	lignins
lignite	8	13	1030	2	lignite
liquify	22	4	403	2	liquify
lithify	16	4	476	2	lithify
magnify	16	3	453	2	magnify
minify	14	3	925	2	mi_nify
nigrify	14	4	413	2	nigrify
vinify	15	3	692	2	vi_nify

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	107671	0.763	234195.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	6.720	16022.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.499	23828.6