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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bullfights” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

13 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
bullfights	19	5	197	(None)
bullfight	18	4	293	1	bullfight_
bullfighter	20	5	129	2	bullfighter
bullfighters	21	6	99	2	bullfighters
billfishes	18	4	425	3	billfishes
blights	13	31	1021	3	b__l_ights
bullfighting	22	5	151	3	bullfighting
bullfightings	23	6	95	3	bullfight~~ing~~s
bullfinches	21	5	121	3	bullfinches
gunfights	17	4	243	3	gu_nfights
outfights	16	4	378	3	ou_tfights
sunlights	13	4	400	3	sunl_ights
uplights	14	16	505	3	_upl_ights

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	5.860	23993.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.266	28517.6