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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ghoulishly205175(None) 
ghoulish1543542ghoulish__
churlishly2151983churlishly
dollishly1643683_dollishly
foolishly1843763_foolishly
girlishly1642863g_irlishly
goatishly1643383g_oatishly
hellishly1843573_hellishly
hoggishly2042953_hoggishly
loutishly1543743_loutishly
mulishly1644893__mulishly
owlishly1743593__owlishly
whorishly2143043who_rishly

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603136.80020676.9
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691137.25324636.8