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

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

12 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
extinguishers	24	9	157	(None)
extinguisher	23	9	181	1	extinguisher_
extinguishes	23	10	202	1	extinguishe_s
extinguished	24	9	190	2	extinguishe_d
extinguish	21	5	218	3	extinguish___
extinguishing	25	6	166	3	extinguishing
extinguishment	27	15	199	3	extinguishment
extinguishments	28	15	168	3	extinguishments
distinguishes	18	6	207	4	distinguishe_s
extinguishable	27	7	125	4	extinguishable
kingfishers	22	5	171	4	__kingfishers
languishers	15	5	259	4	__languishers

Search took 6 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	95024	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	4.876	19488.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.249	34042.9