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

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

18 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
ghostier	12	3	538	(None)
ghostlier	13	4	334	1	ghostlier
chestier	13	8	742	2	chestier
frostier	11	4	816	2	frostier
ghastlier	13	4	289	2	ghastlier
ghosted	12	3	627	2	ghost_ed
ghostiest	13	3	654	2	ghostiest
ghosting	13	3	646	2	ghosting
glossier	9	35	820	2	glossier
goosier	8	35	1256	2	goos_ier
goutier	8	26	1235	2	g_outier
grottier	9	31	667	2	grottier
groutier	9	29	717	2	groutier
gustier	8	38	1386	2	g_ustier
hastier	10	39	1662	2	_hastier
hootier	10	49	1535	2	_hootier
hosier	9	42	1961	2	_hos_ier
hostler	10	34	1102	2	_hostler

Search took 5 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	121059	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	4.296	28179.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.748	37635.0