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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
ghostwriting	20	5	154	(None)
ghostwrite	17	5	206	3	ghostwrit__e
ghostwriter	18	5	151	3	ghostwrit_er
ghostwriters	19	6	127	3	ghostwriters
ghostwrites	18	5	203	3	ghostwrit_es
ghostwritten	19	6	75	3	ghostwritten
outwriting	14	4	718	3	__outwriting
cowriting	15	5	732	4	_co__writing
frostbiting	17	5	237	4	frost_biting
ghosting	13	3	646	4	ghos____ting
ghostwrote	17	5	143	4	ghostwrot__e
handwriting	19	5	247	4	_handwriting
miswriting	16	4	684	4	_mis_writing
newswriting	18	5	150	4	news_writing
outwaiting	14	4	673	4	__outwaiting
postediting	15	5	445	4	_postediting
prostrating	14	4	939	4	prost_rating
songwriting	16	5	254	4	_songwriting
sportswriting	19	6	116	4	sportswriting

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	124790	0.780	229091.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	19	6.876	18148.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.656	23340.0