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

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

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.

18 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
featherlight	22	6	243	(None)
featherweight	26	13	210	2	featherweight
featheriest	17	4	568	3	feather_iest
featherweights	27	12	167	3	featherweights
earthlight	17	5	364	4	_earth__light
fatherlike	20	4	347	4	f_atherli_ke
featheredge	19	7	271	4	featheredg_e
featheredged	21	10	205	4	featheredged
featheredges	20	7	260	4	featheredges
featherier	16	4	580	4	feather_i_er
feathering	17	10	879	4	feather_i_ng
featherings	18	10	537	4	feather_ings
featherless	17	4	391	4	featherl_ess
flashlight	20	5	257	4	flash__light
forthright	20	5	324	4	forth_r_ight
leatherlike	18	5	284	4	leatherli_ke
watertight	17	7	367	4	_wat_ertight
yesternight	18	5	168	4	yest_ernight

Search took 8 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	124790	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	18	6.483	19248.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.952	25703.5