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

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

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.

16 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
lightless	13	8	607	(None)
flightless	17	7	339	1	flightless
lightness	13	10	743	1	lightness
nightless	13	8	607	1	nightless
sightless	13	8	592	1	sightless
lightens	12	25	1000	2	light_ens
lighters	12	31	1139	2	light_ers
lightest	12	14	1035	2	light_est
limitless	11	4	294	2	limitless
lintless	8	27	1001	2	li_ntless
listless	8	26	926	2	li_stless
rightness	13	11	735	2	rightness
sighless	12	7	655	2	sigh_less
slightness	14	5	480	2	slightness
tightness	13	8	660	2	tightness
weightless	17	4	271	2	weightless

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.533	34371.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.952	45215.3