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

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

22 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
nightly	14	44	903	(None)
knightly	19	5	301	1	knightly
lightly	14	36	902	1	lightly
nighty	13	56	1127	1	night_y
rightly	14	38	904	1	rightly
sightly	14	40	827	1	sightly
tightly	14	32	761	1	tightly
brightly	17	6	455	2	brightly
eighthly	18	4	370	2	eighthly
eighty	13	37	1160	2	eight_y
highly	16	3	682	2	high_ly
lichtly	15	25	552	2	lichtly
mightily	17	4	462	2	mightily
mighty	15	43	1020	2	might_y
niggly	11	41	891	2	nig_gly
night	9	43	2785	2	night__
nightie	11	7	965	2	nightie
nights	10	41	1772	2	night_s
ninthly	13	4	421	2	ninthly
righty	13	50	1183	2	right_y
slightly	15	4	460	2	slightly
unsightly	16	4	308	2	unsightly

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	2.936	36672.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.325	53741.7