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

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

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.

16 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
kittened	13	3	452	(None)
mittened	11	3	636	1	mittened
battened	11	25	957	2	battened
bittered	11	27	1183	2	bittered
fattened	12	26	828	2	fattened
jittered	16	26	722	2	jittered
kitted	11	51	1483	2	kitt__ed
kitten	10	46	1148	2	kitten__
kittens	11	34	758	2	kitten_s
kittled	12	38	819	2	kitt_led
listened	9	16	881	2	listened
littered	9	25	1138	2	littered
pattened	11	29	939	2	pattened
rattened	9	21	862	2	rattened
skittered	14	3	463	2	skittered
tittered	9	23	949	2	tittered

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	5.843	20718.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.999	29786.8