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

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

21 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
eightieth	16	4	309	(None)
eightieths	17	5	190	1	eightieths
eighteenth	17	6	201	2	eighteenth
eighties	12	7	1080	2	eightie_s
eighteen	12	4	576	3	eight_een
eighteens	13	4	488	3	eighteens
eighteenths	18	5	142	3	eighteenths
eighth	13	33	1060	3	eigh___th
fiftieth	17	4	258	3	fi_ftieth
lightish	15	5	662	3	lighti_sh
mightier	14	3	638	3	mightie_r
mightiest	15	4	644	3	mightiest
nightie	11	7	965	3	nightie__
nighties	12	10	1138	3	nightie_s
ninetieth	12	5	336	3	ninetieth
righties	12	7	1157	3	rightie_s
rightist	12	15	914	3	rightist_
rightists	13	12	605	3	rightists
sixtieth	18	4	233	3	si_xtieth
weightier	16	4	331	3	weightie_r
weightiest	17	4	342	3	weightiest

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.190	20673.3
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.610	23481.1