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

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

19 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
nighties	12	10	1138	(None)
eighties	12	7	1080	1	eighties
nightie	11	7	965	1	nightie_
righties	12	7	1157	1	righties
blighties	15	4	622	2	blighties
mightier	14	3	638	2	mightier
mightiest	15	4	644	2	mightiest
naughties	13	4	457	2	naughties
niceties	10	3	1086	2	niceties
nifties	10	26	1250	2	ni_fties
nightless	13	8	607	2	nightless
nightlifes	17	9	375	2	nightlifes
nightlives	17	6	380	2	nightlives
nights	10	41	1772	2	night__s
nightsides	15	4	394	2	nightsides
nighttides	15	4	376	2	nighttides
nighttimes	16	5	318	2	nighttimes
nineties	8	3	1291	2	nineties
pigsties	11	3	978	2	pigsties

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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.250	37248.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.686	48478.3