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

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

13 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
kittening	14	3	459	(None)
battening	12	26	885	2	battening
bittering	12	25	1199	2	bittering
fattening	13	28	783	2	fattening
jittering	17	21	842	2	jittering
kittenish	16	4	261	2	kittenish
kitting	12	32	1444	2	kitt__ing
kittling	13	3	606	2	kitt_ling
listening	10	12	895	2	listening
littering	10	24	1198	2	littering
rattening	10	28	876	2	rattening
skittering	15	3	539	2	skittering
tittering	10	23	1031	2	tittering

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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	3.373	36002.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.765	47461.1