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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nightfall” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
nightfall	16	5	315	(None)
nightfalls	17	5	289	1	nightfalls
eightball	15	6	270	2	eightball
eightballs	16	5	243	3	eightballs
eightfold	17	5	272	3	eightfold
highball	17	4	389	3	high_ball
hightail	15	4	527	3	hight_ail
lightface	18	6	306	3	lightface
lightfast	16	4	364	3	lightfast
lightful	15	4	416	3	lightf_ul
nightcap	16	4	296	3	nightca_p
nightcaps	17	4	319	3	nightcaps
nighthawk	23	5	248	3	nighthawk
nightjar	19	4	316	3	nightja_r
nightjars	20	4	334	3	nightjars
nightly	14	44	903	3	night__ly
nightmare	15	5	362	3	nightmare
pitfall	12	4	582	3	pi__tfall
rightful	15	4	423	3	rightf_ul
rightfully	20	5	322	3	rightfully

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.300	20361.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.733	23107.6