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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “malinger” 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
malinger	11	11	653	(None)
maligner	11	11	533	1	maligner
malingers	12	8	585	1	malingers
aligner	8	10	831	2	_aligner
aliner	6	56	2198	2	_alin_er
clinger	10	38	1215	2	_clinger
flinger	11	37	1051	2	_flinger
linger	7	52	2600	2	__linger
maligned	12	8	577	2	maligned
maligners	12	10	478	2	maligners
maline	8	45	2909	2	malin_e_
malines	9	36	2561	2	malin_es
malingered	14	4	271	2	malingered
malingerer	13	4	217	2	malingerer
manger	9	43	2501	2	ma__nger
mariner	9	33	1600	2	marin_er
slinger	8	34	1383	2	_slinger

Search took 6 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	121059	0.783	228213.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	4.216	28714.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.999	35745.3