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

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

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91 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
light	9	44	2960	(None)
alight	10	38	1686	1	alight
bight	11	87	2884	1	bight
blight	12	41	1462	1	blight
dight	10	40	2700	1	dight
eight	9	49	2805	1	eight
fight	12	40	2709	1	fight
flight	13	40	1481	1	flight
hight	12	53	2723	1	hight
licht	10	47	2349	1	licht
lights	10	45	1991	1	lights
might	11	38	2708	1	might
night	9	43	2785	1	night
plight	12	35	1336	1	plight
right	9	44	3050	1	right
sight	9	46	2929	1	sight
slight	10	34	1600	1	slight
tight	9	36	2650	1	tight
wight	12	37	2557	1	wight
alights	11	32	1143	2	alights
alright	11	4	885	2	alright
aright	10	38	1766	2	aright
aught	9	51	2070	2	aught
bights	12	44	1796	2	bights
bigot	8	48	2832	2	bigot
blights	13	31	1021	2	blights
blighty	16	35	684	2	blighty
bright	12	42	1592	2	bright
delight	12	6	1067	2	delight
dights	11	40	1696	2	dights
digit	7	38	2527	2	digit
eighth	13	33	1060	2	eighth
eights	10	36	1898	2	eights
eighty	13	37	1160	2	eighty
fights	13	38	1655	2	fights
flights	14	33	1098	2	flights
flighty	17	34	743	2	flighty
fright	13	37	1524	2	fright
gighe	10	13	973	2	gighe
gigot	7	40	2307	2	gigot
height	13	47	1343	2	height
high	11	66	1992	2	high_
highs	12	54	1252	2	highs
highth	12	38	915	2	highth
hights	13	37	1689	2	hights
knight	14	3	817	2	knight
laigh	9	55	1592	2	laigh_
laighs	10	50	880	2	laighs
legit	6	13	2350	2	legit
lich	9	62	3084	2	lich_
lichi	10	44	1295	2	lichi
lichts	11	37	1238	2	lichts
licit	7	43	2768	2	licit
lift	7	69	4272	2	li_ft
ligan	6	79	2028	2	ligan
ligate	7	25	1925	2	ligate
liger	6	50	2447	2	liger
lighted	12	29	1350	2	lighted
lighten	11	28	1152	2	lighten
lighter	11	31	1344	2	lighter
lightly	14	36	902	2	lightly
lilt	4	63	4994	2	li_lt
limit	7	31	2634	2	limit
lint	4	162	6623	2	li_nt
lirot	5	4	3003	2	lirot
list	4	70	5534	2	li_st
lit	3	93	7731	2	li__t
lithe	8	49	2201	2	lithe
litho	8	65	1378	2	litho
mights	12	35	1625	2	mights
mighty	15	43	1021	2	mighty
nigh	8	52	2066	2	nigh_
nighs	9	50	1361	2	nighs
nights	10	41	1772	2	nights
nighty	13	56	1127	2	nighty
ought	9	52	2153	2	ought
plights	13	29	931	2	plights
relight	11	5	1206	2	relight
righto	10	41	1109	2	righto
rights	10	40	1933	2	rights
righty	13	50	1183	2	righty
sigh	8	56	2589	2	sigh_
sighs	9	54	1674	2	sighs
sights	10	38	1801	2	sights
sleight	11	27	902	2	sleight
slights	11	28	1072	2	slights
tights	10	40	1585	2	tights
uplight	13	16	736	2	uplight
weight	13	39	1418	2	weight
wights	13	33	1578	2	wights
wright	13	37	1351	2	wright

Search took 3 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	53800	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	91	1.670	32215.6
3	Display Results	91	91	0.033	2757.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	91	2.016	88636.4