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

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

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61 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
ribbands	13	4	456	(None)
ribands	10	20	839	1	ri_bands
ribband	12	4	558	1	ribband_
disbands	12	3	735	2	disbands
rainbands	12	4	419	2	rainbands
ribalds	10	23	667	2	ri_balds
riband	9	23	962	2	ri_band_
ribbings	13	27	592	2	ribbings
ribbons	11	3	625	2	ribbon_s
rimlands	11	4	524	2	rimlands
robands	10	21	986	2	r_obands
armbands	13	5	514	3	armbands
bands	8	52	3343	3	___bands
brands	9	51	1894	3	__brands
brigands	12	4	562	3	bri_gands
browbands	17	4	340	3	browbands
cribbages	16	4	276	3	cribbages
cribbings	16	27	317	3	cribbings
disband	11	3	824	3	disband_
gabbards	14	4	575	3	gabbards
gibbons	12	3	498	3	gibbon_s
hairbands	15	4	406	3	hairbands
hatbands	14	4	629	3	hatbands
husbands	14	4	476	3	husbands
inlands	8	3	878	3	_inlands
islands	8	3	732	3	_islands
ligands	9	43	898	3	li_gands
midlands	12	4	554	3	midlands
misbinds	13	4	516	3	misbinds
misbrands	14	4	515	3	misbrands
piebalds	13	4	434	3	piebalds
probands	13	22	839	3	probands
rabbins	11	28	1134	3	rabbin_s
rabbonis	12	4	501	3	rabbonis
rainband	11	4	466	3	rainband_
rands	6	59	3045	3	r___ands
rebinds	10	45	1187	3	r_ebinds
reblends	11	3	529	3	reblends
reboards	11	3	877	3	reboards
rebounds	11	5	602	3	rebounds
relands	8	52	1488	3	r_elands
remands	10	49	1488	3	r_emands
ribald	9	20	929	3	ri_bald_
ribbed	11	40	1437	3	ribb_ed_
ribbers	11	39	1318	3	ribb_ers
ribbing	12	31	1195	3	ribbin_g
ribbon	10	3	653	3	ribbon__
ribboned	13	4	397	3	ribboned
ribbony	14	4	354	3	ribbon_y
rimland	10	3	566	3	rimland_
rinds	6	48	2614	3	ri___nds
ritards	8	43	994	3	ri_tards
roband	9	23	1072	3	r_oband_
robbins	11	28	1106	3	robbin_s
rubbings	13	30	633	3	rubbings
rubboards	14	4	328	3	rubboards
sidebands	13	4	444	3	sidebands
trainbands	13	5	265	3	trainbands
viands	10	4	781	3	vi__ands
vibrants	13	4	591	3	vibrants
wristbands	16	5	200	3	wristbands

Search took 10 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	61	8.686	16827.3
3	Display Results	61	61	0.016	3812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	61	9.125	19582.6