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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lignosulfonates” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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13 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
lignosulfonates	19	8	68	(None)
lignosulfonate	18	8	73	1	lignosulfonate_
sulfonates	13	4	457	5	_____sulfonates
bisulfates	15	14	322	6	bi___sulf__ates
disulfates	14	14	536	6	di___sulf__ates
inoculates	12	4	870	6	_i_nocul___ates
inosculates	13	4	514	6	_i_noscul___ates
insufflates	17	13	240	6	_i_n_su_fflates
insulates	9	3	1184	6	_i_n_sul___ates
linoleates	10	4	496	6	li_no__l__eates
sulfonate	12	4	501	6	_____sulfonate_
sulfonated	14	4	390	6	_____sulfonated
thiosulfates	18	10	130	6	_thiosulf__ates

Search took 7 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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	6.516	14583.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.888	25942.4