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

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

21 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
droplights	17	5	260	(None)
droplight	16	4	380	1	droplight_
stoplights	16	8	311	2	stoplights
daylights	17	4	328	3	d_aylights
deadlights	16	4	299	3	deadlights
delights	13	4	733	3	d__elights
dogfights	18	4	203	3	d_ogfights
downlights	18	4	284	3	downlights
droplets	11	3	606	3	dropl__ets
droughts	13	24	574	3	dro__ughts
footlights	17	14	402	3	footlights
lamplights	18	5	266	3	lamplights
lowlights	16	4	365	3	_lowlights
moonlights	16	4	299	3	moonlights
plights	13	29	931	3	___plights
preflights	19	4	332	3	preflights
relights	12	4	805	3	_r_elights
spotlights	16	4	259	3	spotlights
stoplight	15	8	428	3	stoplight_
trothplights	21	6	119	3	trothplights
uplights	14	16	505	3	__uplights

Search took 7 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	5.906	23806.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.326	28247.1