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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “alights” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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46 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
alights	11	32	1143	(None)
alight	10	38	1686	1	alight_
blights	13	31	1021	1	blights
flights	14	33	1098	1	flights
lights	10	45	1991	1	_lights
plights	13	29	931	1	plights
slights	11	28	1072	1	slights
alighted	13	4	767	2	alighted
aligns	7	53	1295	2	alig_ns
almighty	17	4	268	2	almighty
alright	11	4	885	2	alright_
aright	10	38	1766	2	aright_
aughts	10	47	1024	2	a_ughts
bights	12	44	1796	2	_bights
blight	12	41	1462	2	blight_
blighty	16	35	684	2	blighty
brights	13	37	1023	2	brights
daylights	17	4	328	2	daylights
delights	13	4	733	2	delights
dights	11	40	1696	2	_dights
eights	10	36	1898	2	_eights
fanlights	16	4	392	2	fanlights
fights	13	38	1655	2	_fights
flight	13	40	1481	2	flight_
flighty	17	34	743	2	flighty
frights	14	33	962	2	frights
gaslights	14	6	375	2	gaslights
heights	14	39	944	2	heights
hights	13	37	1689	2	_hights
knights	15	4	565	2	knights
laighs	10	50	880	2	laigh_s
lichts	11	37	1238	2	_lichts
light	9	44	2960	2	_light_
mights	12	35	1625	2	_mights
nights	10	41	1772	2	_nights
plight	12	35	1336	2	plight_
relights	12	4	805	2	relights
rights	10	40	1933	2	_rights
sights	10	38	1801	2	_sights
sleights	12	27	591	2	sleights
slight	10	34	1600	2	slight_
tights	10	40	1585	2	_tights
uplights	14	16	505	2	uplights
weights	14	40	955	2	weights
wights	13	33	1578	2	_wights
wrights	14	31	899	2	wrights

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	46	5.406	19916.9
3	Display Results	46	46	0.046	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	46	5.592	31954.8