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

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

14 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
ghostiest	13	3	654	(None)
ghostliest	14	5	371	1	ghostliest
chestiest	14	3	831	2	chestiest
frostiest	12	3	921	2	frostiest
ghastliest	14	4	344	2	ghastliest
ghostier	12	3	538	2	ghostie_r
glossiest	10	27	794	2	glossiest
goosiest	9	29	1182	2	goos_iest
goutiest	9	30	1388	2	g_outiest
grottiest	10	14	718	2	grottiest
groutiest	10	14	776	2	groutiest
gustiest	9	29	1452	2	g_ustiest
hastiest	11	29	1650	2	_hastiest
hootiest	11	31	1564	2	_hootiest

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.390	35821.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.796	47073.5