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] [5]

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71 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
aguishly	15	4	361	4	_agu_ishly
bookishly	21	4	334	4	_bookishly
boorishly	17	4	363	4	_boorishly
boyishly	19	4	366	4	_bo_yishly
brutishly	17	4	306	4	_brutishly
bullishly	17	4	408	4	_bullishly
cheapishly	23	6	197	4	cheapishly
childishly	22	5	184	4	childishly
clownishly	21	8	183	4	clownishly
coltishly	17	4	421	4	_coltishly
cultishly	17	4	407	4	__cultishly
devilishly	20	5	179	4	devilishly
doggishly	18	4	289	4	_doggishly
doltishly	16	4	338	4	_doltishly
donnishly	16	4	333	4	_donnishly
dudishly	16	7	323	4	__dudishly
dullishly	16	4	338	4	_dullishly
foppishly	22	4	267	4	_foppishly
garishly	15	4	569	4	g__arishly
gawkishly	23	4	247	4	g_awkishly
ghostly	14	35	510	4	gho___stly
ghoulie	11	4	426	4	ghouli___e
ghoulies	12	3	539	4	ghouli__es
ghoulishness	19	5	234	4	ghoulishness
ghouls	10	3	604	4	ghoul_s___
godlessly	14	4	315	4	g_odlessly
godlily	12	3	534	4	g_odli__ly
goulash	11	6	427	4	g_oulash__
goulashes	13	4	371	4	g_oulashes
goutily	11	3	793	4	g_outi__ly
growlingly	18	4	284	4	growlingly
haggishly	20	4	291	4	_haggishly
hawkishly	25	4	275	4	_hawkishly
hennishly	18	4	299	4	_hennishly
holily	12	36	1295	4	_ho_li__ly
howlingly	19	4	419	4	_howlingly
huffishly	24	4	261	4	_huffishly
mobbishly	21	4	269	4	_mobbishly
modishly	17	4	458	4	_mo_dishly
monkishly	21	4	335	4	_monkishly
moonishly	17	4	373	4	_moonishly
mopishly	18	6	405	4	_mo_pishly
oafishly	17	5	409	4	__oafishly
offishly	20	6	361	4	__offishly
ogrishly	15	4	403	4	__ogrishly
popishly	18	4	419	4	_po_pishly
prudishly	18	4	304	4	_prudishly
roguishly	16	4	297	4	_roguishly
sheepishly	21	5	236	4	sheepishly
shrewishly	22	5	183	4	shrewishly
snobbishly	20	5	176	4	snobbishly
sottishly	15	4	376	4	_sottishly
stylishly	18	4	351	4	_stylishly
thievishly	22	5	155	4	thievishly
ticklishly	22	5	172	4	ticklishly
tonishly	14	4	552	4	_to_nishly
voguishly	19	4	268	4	_voguishly
wolfishly	21	4	302	4	_wolfishly

Search took 10 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	161450	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	161450	71	9.423	17133.6
3	Display Results	71	71	0.030	2366.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	71	9.906	18038.7