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

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

22 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
lizards	17	42	761	(None)
liards	7	52	1261	1	li_ards
lizard	16	36	923	1	lizard_
vizards	20	37	726	1	vizards
wizards	20	32	640	1	wizards
blizzards	20	4	201	2	blizzards
gizzards	18	13	326	2	gizzards
hazards	20	3	746	2	hazards
izars	14	51	1293	2	_izar_s
izzards	16	14	396	2	izzards
lards	6	53	3186	2	l__ards
lazars	15	38	1239	2	lazar_s
liard	6	54	1859	2	li_ard_
liars	5	47	2316	2	li_ar_s
lidars	7	3	1078	2	lidar_s
ligands	9	43	898	2	ligands
mazards	19	3	770	2	mazards
ritards	8	43	994	2	ritards
sizars	15	48	1262	2	sizar_s
visards	11	32	815	2	visards
vizard	19	45	885	2	vizard_
wizard	19	37	771	2	wizard_

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.625	49294.1