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

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

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
nightless	13	8	607	(None)
lightless	13	8	607	1	lightless
sightless	13	8	592	1	sightless
flightless	17	7	339	2	flightless
lightness	13	10	743	2	lightness
nighness	12	3	610	2	nigh_ness
nightdress	15	5	298	2	nightdress
nighties	12	10	1138	2	nightie_s
rightness	13	11	735	2	rightness
sighless	12	7	655	2	sigh_less
tightness	13	8	660	2	tightness
weightless	17	4	271	2	weightless

Search took 5 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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	12	3.783	32100.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.159	42964.9