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

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

18 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
niftily	13	3	575	(None)
dirtily	11	3	858	2	dirtily
fifthly	19	4	309	2	fifthly
heftily	16	3	576	2	heftily
loftily	13	3	635	2	loftily
mistily	12	26	1234	2	mistily
nastily	10	30	1103	2	nastily
nattily	10	36	1032	2	nattily
niftier	10	32	871	2	niftier
nifties	10	26	1250	2	nifties
nifty	11	52	1163	2	nift__y
ninthly	13	4	421	2	ninthly
nippily	14	4	471	2	nippily
nuttily	10	30	863	2	nuttily
shiftily	17	4	455	2	shiftily
sniffily	17	15	403	2	sniffily
tuftily	13	3	557	2	tuftily
wittily	13	3	617	2	wittily

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.356	32083.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.748	47676.4