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

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

16 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
highest	14	3	956	(None)
nighest	11	3	1069	1	nighest
biggest	11	3	814	2	biggest
digest	8	40	1962	2	dig_est
higher	13	46	1089	2	highe_r
highness	15	3	605	2	highness
highs	12	54	1252	2	high_s_
hight	12	53	2723	2	high__t
hights	13	37	1689	2	hights_
hippest	14	21	976	2	hippest
hugest	10	3	1176	2	hug_est
lightest	12	14	1035	2	lightest
lithest	10	5	1391	2	lithest
richest	12	28	1368	2	richest
rightest	12	14	958	2	rightest
tightest	12	14	836	2	tightest

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	2.780	38730.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.172	56333.9