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

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

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57 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
lighter	11	31	1344	(None)
blighter	14	6	685	1	blighter
fighter	14	30	1077	1	fighter
lighted	12	29	1350	1	lighted
lighten	11	28	1152	1	lighten
lighters	12	31	1139	1	lighters
plighter	14	7	662	1	plighter
righter	11	32	1238	1	righter
sighter	11	34	1211	1	sighter
slighter	12	5	782	1	slighter
tighter	11	29	1069	1	tighter
alighted	13	4	767	2	alighted
bighted	14	28	1092	2	bighted
blighted	15	4	686	2	blighted
blighters	15	5	574	2	blighters
brighter	14	7	666	2	brighter
delighter	14	4	558	2	delighter
dighted	13	25	1149	2	dighted
fighters	15	26	940	2	fighters
flichter	16	6	496	2	flichter
flighted	16	4	697	2	flighted
flightier	16	4	442	2	flightier
higher	13	46	1089	2	high_er
highted	15	27	1016	2	highted
laughter	12	4	511	2	laughter
lichted	13	26	880	2	lichted
lifter	9	38	1481	2	li_fter
ligate	7	25	1925	2	ligate_
ligated	9	24	1414	2	ligated
ligates	8	23	1838	2	ligates
liger	6	50	2447	2	lig__er
light	9	44	2960	2	light__
lightener	13	4	569	2	lightener
lightens	12	25	1000	2	lightens
lightered	14	4	628	2	lightered
lightest	12	14	1035	2	lightest
lightly	14	36	902	2	lightly
lights	10	45	1991	2	light_s
limiter	9	27	1085	2	limiter
linter	6	46	2534	2	li_nter
lister	6	45	2725	2	li_ster
liter	5	47	3634	2	li__ter
lither	9	45	2095	2	lith_er
litter	6	43	2485	2	li_tter
mightier	14	3	638	2	mightier
nigher	10	36	1275	2	nigh_er
plighted	15	4	646	2	plighted
plighters	15	4	553	2	plighters
righted	12	29	1214	2	righted
righters	12	26	1071	2	righters
sigher	10	38	1370	2	sigh_er
sighted	12	31	1152	2	sighted
sighters	12	25	1060	2	sighters
slighted	13	5	739	2	slighted
slighters	13	4	671	2	slighters
tighten	11	28	897	2	tighten
weighter	15	3	560	2	weighter

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	57	3.140	34290.1
3	Display Results	57	57	0.033	1727.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	57	3.549	50349.7