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

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

17 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
ligulae	8	30	875	(None)
ligula	7	35	967	1	ligula_
ligular	8	34	853	1	ligular
ligulas	8	32	917	1	ligulas
ligulate	9	25	1025	1	ligulate
ligule	7	40	1083	1	ligul_e
lingulae	9	35	703	1	lingulae
fibulae	12	23	701	2	fibulae
ligulated	11	24	736	2	ligulated
ligules	8	22	1092	2	ligules
ligure	7	27	947	2	ligu_re
linguae	8	39	841	2	lingu_ae
lingula	8	42	880	2	lingula_
lingular	9	40	750	2	lingular
lingulate	10	36	819	2	lingulate
lunulae	7	3	561	2	lunulae
ungulae	8	3	731	2	ungulae

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.532	50592.0