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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “candlelighters” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

15 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
candlelighters	21	9	94	(None)
candlelighter	20	11	115	1	candlelighter_
candlelighted	21	10	115	2	candlelighte_d
candlelights	19	6	149	2	candlelight__s
candlelight	18	6	241	3	candlelight___
candlefishes	21	5	200	4	candlefish_e_s
delighters	15	4	436	4	___d_elighters
candleholders	20	6	165	5	candle_holders
candlelit	12	6	541	5	candleli__t___
candlepowers	20	10	151	5	candle__powers
candlesnuffers	23	9	48	5	candlesnuffers
chandeliers	17	4	348	5	chand_eli___ers
delighter	14	4	558	5	___d_elighter_
lamplighters	20	5	128	5	la__mplighters
manslaughters	19	6	102	5	mansl_aughters

Search took 9 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	95024	0.733	243780.4
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	7.330	12963.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	8.063	22161.9