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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ghostwrites” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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36 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
ghostwrites	18	5	202	(None)
ghostwrite	17	5	206	1	ghostwrite_
ghostwriter	18	5	151	1	ghostwriter
ghostwriters	19	6	127	1	ghostwriters
ghostwritten	19	6	75	2	ghostwritten
ghostwrote	17	5	143	2	ghostwrote_
ghostwriting	20	5	153	3	ghostwriting
outwrites	12	3	823	3	__outwrites
chondrites	16	4	476	4	cho_ndrites
cowrites	13	30	1159	4	_co__writes
frostbites	15	4	299	4	frost_bites
gastritis	10	4	567	4	g_ast_ritis
geyserites	14	6	368	4	geys_erites
ghostier	12	3	538	4	ghost__i_er
ghostiest	13	3	654	4	ghost__i_est
ghostings	14	3	348	4	ghost__ings
ghostlier	13	4	334	4	ghost_li_er
ghostliest	14	5	371	4	ghost_li_est
ghostlike	17	4	335	4	ghost_like_
ghostliness	15	4	256	4	ghost_liness
glossaries	11	4	451	4	glossari_es
goethites	13	4	425	4	g_oet_hites
gothites	12	4	601	4	g_o_t_hites
handwrites	17	4	475	4	_handwrites
histories	12	4	1247	4	_histori_es
hosieries	12	4	921	4	_hosieri_es
hostelries	13	4	542	4	_hostelri_es
hostiles	11	3	1221	4	_host__iles
hostilities	14	12	765	4	_hostilities
miswrites	14	4	798	4	_mis_writes
outwrite	11	3	945	4	__outwrite_
phosphites	20	8	704	4	phos_phites
phosphorites	22	5	469	4	phosphorites
posterities	13	6	903	4	_posterities
prostrates	12	4	1199	4	prost_rates
thorites	11	3	1239	4	tho___rites

Search took 9 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	36	7.843	18974.8
3	Display Results	36	36	0.016	2250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	36	8.279	21583.6