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

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

11 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
sunlight	12	4	596	(None)
sunlights	13	4	400	1	sunlights
fanlight	15	4	584	2	fanlight
gunfight	16	4	349	2	gunfight
penlight	14	4	642	2	penlight
sennight	12	4	514	2	sennight
skylight	19	4	399	2	skylight
slight	10	34	1600	2	s__light
sunlit	6	15	1610	2	sunli__t
unsight	11	3	748	2	_unsight
uplight	13	16	736	2	_uplight

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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	4.610	26260.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	5.030	35525.0