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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “extinguishment” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

11 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
extinguishment	27	15	199	(None)
extinguishments	28	15	168	1	extinguishments
extinguished	24	9	190	3	extinguish_e_d
extinguisher	23	9	181	3	extinguish_e_r
extinguishers	24	9	157	3	extinguish_ers
extinguishes	23	10	202	3	extinguish_e_s
extinguishing	25	6	166	3	extinguish_ing
extinguish	21	5	218	4	extinguish____
extinguishable	27	7	125	4	extinguishable
languishment	18	6	274	4	__languishment
relinquishment	28	11	179	4	relinquishment

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	65874	0.813	219792.1
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	11	5.750	11456.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.579	27160.8