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

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

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67 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
frightens	16	5	539	(None)
brightens	15	6	537	1	brightens
frighten	15	6	644	1	frighten_
brighten	14	6	624	2	brighten_
fighters	15	26	940	2	f_ighters
freighters	17	6	412	2	freighters
frigates	12	3	1093	2	frigate_s
frighted	16	5	717	2	frighte_d
frightened	18	4	324	2	frightened
frighting	17	3	602	2	frighting
frights	14	33	962	2	fright__s
heightens	16	4	471	2	heightens
lightens	12	25	1000	2	_lightens
righters	12	26	1071	2	_righters
tightens	12	29	795	2	_tightens
blighters	15	5	574	3	blighters
brightened	17	4	316	3	brightened
brightener	16	5	296	3	brightener
brighteners	17	5	286	3	brighteners
brighter	14	7	666	3	brighte_r
brightest	15	4	566	3	brightest
brightness	16	4	457	3	brightness
brights	13	37	1023	3	bright__s
eighteens	13	4	488	3	_eighteens
enlightens	14	4	374	3	enlightens
fighter	14	30	1077	3	f_ighte_r
fighting	16	27	1008	3	f_ighting
fightings	17	27	650	3	f_ightings
fights	13	38	1655	3	f_ight__s
flichters	17	7	417	3	flichters
flighted	16	4	697	3	flighte_d
flighting	17	3	610	3	flighting
flightless	17	7	339	3	flightless
flights	14	33	1098	3	flight__s
foughten	15	4	400	3	foughten_
freighted	17	5	520	3	freighte_d
freighter	16	5	502	3	freighte_r
freighting	18	4	454	3	freighting
freights	15	5	585	3	freight__s
freshens	14	29	831	3	fresh_ens
frigate	11	3	1106	3	frigate__
friges	10	41	1648	3	frig__e_s
fright	13	37	1524	3	fright___
frightening	19	8	268	3	frightening
frightful	19	5	255	3	frightful
frites	9	49	2248	3	fri__te_s
fritters	11	38	1078	3	fri_tters
heighten	15	4	570	3	heighten_
lighten	11	28	1152	3	_lighten_
lighters	12	31	1139	3	_lighters
plighters	15	4	553	3	plighters
retightens	14	5	368	3	retightens
richens	12	34	973	3	_rich_ens
righted	12	29	1214	3	_righte_d
righteous	13	4	507	3	_righteous
righter	11	32	1238	3	_righte_r
rightest	12	14	958	3	_rightest
righties	12	7	1157	3	_righties
righting	13	26	1085	3	_righting
rightness	13	11	735	3	_rightness
rights	10	40	1933	3	_right__s
sighters	12	25	1060	3	_sighters
slighters	13	4	671	3	slighters
straightens	15	6	369	3	straightens
tighten	11	28	897	3	_tighten_
weighters	16	4	467	3	weighters
wrights	14	31	899	3	wright__s

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	67	6.453	23034.4
3	Display Results	67	67	0.016	4187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	6.889	25938.6