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

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

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.

12 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
sportswriter	17	6	170	(None)
sportswriters	18	6	139	1	sportswriters
sportscaster	16	6	182	3	sportscaster
sportswriting	19	6	116	3	sportswriting
ghostwriter	18	5	151	4	ghost_writer
songwriter	14	5	237	4	s_o_ngwriter
speechwriter	22	11	122	4	speechwriter
sportier	10	20	1005	4	sport___i_er
sportscasters	17	6	172	4	sportscasters
sportswear	15	5	134	4	sportsw__ear
sportswomen	18	12	220	4	sportsw_omen
sportswritings	20	7	73	4	sportswritings

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	7.313	17064.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.719	23149.5