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

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

17 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
nihil	8	4	1028	(None)
nihils	9	3	757	1	nihils
civil	10	34	1193	2	civil
nail	4	58	3865	2	n_ail
nicol	7	11	1329	2	nicol
nidal	6	52	1710	2	nidal
nidi	5	65	2439	2	nidi_
nil	3	61	4419	2	n__il
nill	4	56	3430	2	ni_ll
nisi	4	58	2324	2	nisi_
nitid	6	18	1783	2	nitid
nitril	6	25	1153	2	nitril
nival	8	49	1577	2	nival
nixie	12	51	1494	2	nixie
noil	4	61	3324	2	n_oil
sigil	6	35	1550	2	sigil
vigil	9	43	1300	2	vigil

Search took 2 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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	17	1.750	30742.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	1.843	96956.6