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

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

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.

10 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
lighteners	14	4	498	(None)
lightener	13	4	569	1	lightener_
tighteners	14	4	404	1	tighteners
brighteners	17	5	286	2	brighteners
lightened	14	4	602	2	lightene_d
lightens	12	25	1000	2	lighten__s
lighters	12	31	1139	2	light__ers
lightness	13	10	743	2	light_ness
listeners	9	14	732	2	li_steners
tightener	13	4	470	2	tightener_

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	108824	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	10	3.033	35880.0
3	Display Results	10	10	0.013	769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.449	51809.5