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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lighting” 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
lighting	13	28	1183	(None)
alighting	14	4	641	1	alighting
bighting	15	26	945	1	bighting
blighting	16	3	573	1	blighting
dighting	14	25	1084	1	dighting
fighting	16	27	1008	1	fighting
flighting	17	3	610	1	flighting
highting	16	25	972	1	highting
lichting	14	26	851	1	lichting
ligating	10	22	1228	1	ligating
lightings	14	27	772	1	lightings
lightning	14	28	602	1	lightning
plighting	16	3	556	1	plighting
righting	13	26	1085	1	righting
sighting	13	31	1086	1	sighting
slighting	14	3	637	1	slighting

Search took 2 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	82945	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	82945	16	1.440	57600.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	1.559	114619.0