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

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

17 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
plighters	15	4	553	(None)
blighters	15	5	574	1	blighters
lighters	12	31	1139	1	_lighters
plighter	14	7	662	1	plighter_
slighters	13	4	671	1	slighters
blighter	14	6	685	2	blighter_
delighters	15	4	436	2	delighters
fighters	15	26	940	2	_fighters
flichters	17	7	417	2	flichters
lightens	12	25	1000	2	_lightens
lighter	11	31	1344	2	_lighter_
plighted	15	4	646	2	plighte_d
plights	13	29	931	2	plight__s
righters	12	26	1071	2	_righters
sighters	12	25	1060	2	_sighters
slighter	12	5	782	2	slighter_
weighters	16	4	467	2	weighters

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.766	32245.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.172	42831.0