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

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

12 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
nightdress	15	5	298	(None)
nightdresses	17	5	220	2	nightdresses
nightless	13	8	607	2	night_less
lightless	13	8	607	3	light_less
lightness	13	10	743	3	light_ness
mightiness	16	4	509	3	mightiness
nighness	12	3	610	3	nigh__ness
nighties	12	10	1138	3	night_ie_s
nightmares	16	5	356	3	nightmare_s
rightness	13	11	735	3	right_ness
sightless	13	8	592	3	sight_less
tightness	13	8	660	3	tight_ness

Search took 6 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	5.266	26700.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.702	31338.3