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

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

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
left	7	63	4048	(None)
cleft	10	62	2285	1	cleft
deft	8	55	4022	1	deft
eft	6	60	3882	1	_eft
heft	10	67	3629	1	heft
leet	4	59	5790	1	leet
lefts	8	65	1781	1	lefts
lefty	11	56	1356	1	lefty
lent	4	63	6053	1	lent
lept	6	64	4088	1	lept
lest	4	69	5632	1	lest
let	3	64	8147	1	le_t
lift	7	69	4272	1	lift
loft	7	65	3914	1	loft
reft	7	51	4127	1	reft
weft	10	54	3501	1	weft

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	16	0.280	49939.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	0.343	520965.0