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

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

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.

13 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
ghoulishly	20	5	175	(None)
ghoulish	15	4	354	2	ghoulish__
churlishly	21	5	198	3	churlishly
dollishly	16	4	368	3	_dollishly
foolishly	18	4	376	3	_foolishly
girlishly	16	4	286	3	g_irlishly
goatishly	16	4	338	3	g_oatishly
hellishly	18	4	357	3	_hellishly
hoggishly	20	4	295	3	_hoggishly
loutishly	15	4	374	3	_loutishly
mulishly	16	4	489	3	__mulishly
owlishly	17	4	359	3	__owlishly
whorishly	21	4	304	3	who_rishly

Search took 8 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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.800	20676.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.253	24636.8