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

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

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
lightened	14	4	602	(None)
lightener	13	4	569	1	lightener
lightered	14	4	628	1	lightered
tightened	14	4	496	1	tightened
brightened	17	4	316	2	brightened
enlightened	16	5	232	2	enlightened
frightened	18	4	324	2	frightened
heightened	18	4	301	2	heightened
lichened	14	3	575	2	lich_ened
lighted	12	29	1350	2	light__ed
lighten	11	28	1152	2	lighten__
lighteners	14	4	498	2	lighteners
lightens	12	25	1000	2	lighten_s
listened	9	16	881	2	li_stened
tightener	13	4	470	2	tightener

Search took 4 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.300	36798.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.703	48255.7