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

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

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58 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
ghoulishness	19	5	234	(None)
ghoulishnesses	21	5	228	2	ghoulishnesses
churlishness	20	5	251	3	churlishness
dollishness	15	4	401	3	_dollishness
foolishness	17	4	449	3	_foolishness
girlishness	15	7	365	3	g_irlishness
hellishness	17	4	411	3	_hellishness
hoggishness	19	8	358	3	_hoggishness
loutishness	14	4	454	3	_loutishness
mulishness	15	4	454	3	__mulishness
owlishness	16	4	416	3	__owlishness
bluishness	15	4	459	4	_blu_ishness
bookishness	20	4	369	4	_bookishness
boorishness	16	4	424	4	_boorishness
boyishness	18	4	396	4	_bo_yishness
brutishness	16	4	355	4	_brutishness
bullishness	16	4	395	4	_bullishness
childishness	21	5	260	4	childishness
cloddishness	19	5	250	4	cloddishness
clownishness	20	5	228	4	clownishness
coltishness	16	4	504	4	_coltishness
cultishness	16	4	433	4	__cultishness
devilishness	19	6	238	4	devilishness
doggishness	17	9	347	4	_doggishness
doltishness	15	4	421	4	_doltishness
donnishness	15	4	389	4	_donnishness
dovishness	17	4	446	4	_do_vishness
folkishness	21	4	383	4	_folkishness
foppishness	21	5	349	4	_foppishness
garishness	14	4	574	4	g__arishness
gawkishness	22	4	307	4	g_awkishness
ghostliness	15	4	256	4	ghostli__ness
ghoulies	12	3	539	4	ghouli___e_s
ghoulish	15	4	354	4	ghoulish____
ghoulishly	20	5	175	4	ghoulish__ly
godlessness	13	5	543	4	g_odlessness
godlikeness	17	5	171	4	g_odlikeness
godliness	11	3	659	4	g_odli__ness
goulashes	13	4	371	4	g_oulash_e_s
goutiness	10	3	876	4	g_outi__ness
greenishness	16	5	315	4	greenishness
growliness	14	9	407	4	growli__ness
hawkishness	24	4	327	4	_hawkishness
holiness	11	25	1250	4	_ho_li__ness
modishness	16	4	455	4	_mo_dishness
oafishness	16	4	446	4	__oafishness
offishness	19	4	379	4	__offishness
prudishness	17	4	357	4	_prudishness
roguishness	15	6	363	4	_roguishness
sheepishness	20	5	293	4	sheepishness
shrewishness	21	5	218	4	shrewishness
snobbishness	19	5	209	4	snobbishness
sottishness	14	4	443	4	_sottishness
stylishness	17	4	344	4	_stylishness
thievishness	21	9	210	4	thievishness
ticklishness	21	5	233	4	ticklishness
voguishness	18	4	328	4	_voguishness
wolfishness	20	4	373	4	_wolfishness

Search took 7 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	58	6.453	19338.3
3	Display Results	58	58	0.033	1757.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	58	6.876	25987.6