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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “knighting” 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
knighting	18	4	444	(None)
alighting	14	4	641	2	alighting
beknighting	22	5	188	2	beknighting
bighting	15	26	945	2	_bighting
blighting	16	3	573	2	blighting
dighting	14	25	1084	2	_dighting
fighting	16	27	1008	2	_fighting
flighting	17	3	610	2	flighting
frighting	17	3	602	2	frighting
highting	16	25	972	2	_highting
infighting	18	4	441	2	infighting
knitting	13	25	702	2	kni_tting
lighting	13	28	1183	2	_lighting
nighing	12	34	1006	2	_nigh_ing
plighting	16	3	556	2	plighting
righting	13	26	1085	2	_righting
sighting	13	31	1086	2	_sighting
slighting	14	3	637	2	slighting
unsighting	15	8	444	2	unsighting
weighting	17	4	478	2	weighting
animating	12	3	1250	3	animating
bedighting	18	4	417	3	bedighting
delighting	16	4	499	3	delighting
fightings	17	27	650	3	_fightings
freighting	18	4	454	3	freighting
gunfighting	20	5	177	3	gunfighting
infightings	19	5	210	3	infightings
ingoting	10	3	986	3	in_goting
kilting	12	32	1385	3	k_i_lting
kinging	13	31	1503	3	king__ing
kithing	15	34	1155	3	k_ith_ing
kiting	11	41	1709	3	k_i__ting
kitting	12	32	1444	3	k_i_tting
knifing	15	3	648	3	kni__fing
knight	14	3	817	3	knight___
knighted	17	4	512	3	knight_ed
knightly	19	5	301	3	knight_ly
knights	15	4	565	3	knight__s
knittings	14	27	345	3	kni_ttings
knotting	13	23	657	3	kn_otting
knouting	13	22	679	3	kn_outing
lichting	14	26	851	3	_lichting
ligating	10	22	1228	3	_ligating
lightings	14	27	772	3	_lightings
lightning	14	28	602	3	_lightning
negating	10	20	1283	3	_negating
neighing	13	5	552	3	neigh_ing
niching	13	36	1243	3	_nich_ing
nidating	10	3	978	3	_nidating
niggling	11	22	744	3	_niggling
nightie	11	7	965	3	_nighti_e
nighties	12	10	1138	3	_nighties
nightlong	14	4	369	3	_nightlong
oughting	13	3	595	3	_oughting
refighting	18	4	520	3	refighting
relighting	15	4	585	3	relighting
resighting	15	4	607	3	resighting
sighing	12	33	1166	3	_sigh_ing
sightings	14	25	653	3	_sightings
sniggling	12	4	441	3	sniggling
uniting	8	3	1582	3	uni__ting
unweighting	19	5	230	3	unweighting
uplighting	17	4	336	3	uplighting
uprighting	17	4	346	3	uprighting
waughting	17	4	312	3	waughting
weighing	16	3	528	3	weigh_ing
whishting	19	8	356	3	whishting

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	67	6.593	22545.3
3	Display Results	67	67	0.033	2030.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	7.062	25303.2