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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
eighties	12	7	1080	(None)
nighties	12	10	1138	1	nighties
righties	12	7	1157	1	righties
blighties	15	4	622	2	blighties
eighteen	12	4	576	2	eighteen
eighteens	13	4	488	2	eighteens
eighths	14	38	829	2	eight_hs
eightieth	16	4	309	2	eightieth
eightieths	17	5	190	2	eightieths
eights	10	36	1898	2	eight__s
eightvos	15	4	374	2	eightvos
mightier	14	3	638	2	mightier
mightiest	15	4	644	2	mightiest
nightie	11	7	965	2	nightie_
pigsties	11	3	978	2	pigsties
weightier	16	4	331	2	weightier
weightiest	17	4	342	2	weightiest

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.313	36540.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.716	48086.9