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

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

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.

20 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
lightness	13	10	743	(None)
lightless	13	8	607	1	lightless
rightness	13	11	735	1	rightness
slightness	14	5	480	1	slightness
tightness	13	8	660	1	tightness
brightness	16	4	457	2	brightness
flightiness	18	4	389	2	flightiness
flightless	17	7	339	2	flightless
highness	15	3	605	2	high_ness
licitness	11	4	537	2	licitness
lighteners	14	4	498	2	lighteners
lightens	12	25	1000	2	light_ens
lighters	12	31	1139	2	light_ers
lightest	12	14	1035	2	light_est
lightnesses	15	4	614	2	lightnesses
litheness	12	4	736	2	litheness
mightiness	16	4	509	2	mightiness
nighness	12	3	610	2	nigh_ness
nightless	13	8	607	2	nightless
sightless	13	8	592	2	sightless

Search took 5 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	3.533	34371.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.966	45055.7