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

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

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80 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
slightly	15	4	460	(None)
lightly	14	36	902	1	_lightly
sightly	14	40	827	1	s_ightly
blighty	16	35	684	2	blight_y
brightly	17	6	455	2	brightly
flightily	19	4	335	2	flightily
flighty	17	34	743	2	flight_y
knightly	19	5	301	2	knightly
lichtly	15	25	552	2	_lichtly
nightly	14	44	903	2	_nightly
rightly	14	38	904	2	_rightly
slight	10	34	1600	2	slight__
slighted	13	5	739	2	slighted
slighter	12	5	782	2	slighter
slights	11	28	1072	2	slight_s
sprightly	18	13	366	2	sprightly
tightly	14	32	761	2	_tightly
alight	10	38	1686	3	alight__
alighted	13	4	767	3	alighted
alights	11	32	1143	3	alight_s
almighty	17	4	268	3	almight_y
blight	12	41	1462	3	blight__
blighted	15	4	686	3	blighted
blighter	14	6	685	3	blighter
blights	13	31	1021	3	blight_s
blithely	16	10	403	3	blithely
eighthly	18	4	370	3	_eighthly
eighty	13	37	1160	3	_eight_y
eligibly	14	5	385	3	eligibly
flight	13	40	1481	3	flight__
flighted	16	4	697	3	flighted
flights	14	33	1098	3	flight_s
highly	16	3	682	3	_high_ly
licitly	12	27	667	3	_licitly
light	9	44	2960	3	_light__
lighted	12	29	1350	3	_lighted
lighten	11	28	1152	3	_lighten
lighter	11	31	1344	3	_lighter
lights	10	45	1991	3	_light_s
lithely	13	5	664	3	_lithely
mightily	17	4	462	3	_mightily
mighty	15	43	1020	3	_might_y
nighty	13	56	1127	3	_night_y
pliantly	13	4	578	3	pliantly
plight	12	35	1336	3	plight__
plighted	15	4	646	3	plighted
plighter	14	7	662	3	plighter
plights	13	29	931	3	plight_s
righty	13	50	1183	3	_right_y
saintly	10	3	934	3	sai_ntly
saliently	12	4	577	3	saliently
sight	9	46	2929	3	s_ight__
sighted	12	31	1152	3	s_ighted
sighter	11	34	1211	3	s_ighter
sights	10	38	1801	3	s_ight_s
silently	11	4	748	3	silently
sixthly	20	4	287	3	s_ixthly
slantly	10	39	932	3	sl_antly
sleight	11	27	902	3	sleight__
sleights	12	27	591	3	sleight_s
slickly	16	3	585	3	sli_ckly
slighters	13	4	671	3	slighters
slightest	13	13	694	3	slightest
slighting	14	3	637	3	slighting
slightingly	19	5	226	3	slight~~ing~~ly
slily	8	58	2003	3	sli___ly
slimily	12	4	771	3	sli_mily
slimly	11	40	890	3	sli__mly
slinkily	15	3	485	3	slinkily
slippily	15	4	419	3	slippily
slithery	14	35	670	3	slithery
slitty	9	32	916	3	sli__tty
slushily	14	4	501	3	slushily
straightly	17	5	311	3	straightly
swiftly	16	3	373	3	swi_ftly
swithly	16	3	444	3	swith_ly
unsightly	16	4	308	3	unsightly
uprightly	18	14	240	3	uprightly
weightily	19	4	246	3	weightily
weighty	17	37	623	3	weight_y

Search took 8 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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	80	7.470	19566.5
3	Display Results	80	80	0.016	5000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	7.642	23382.8