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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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27 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
ghosty	13	46	721	(None)
ghost	9	63	1876	1	ghost_
ghostly	14	35	510	1	ghostly
ghosts	10	48	927	1	ghosts
chesty	14	46	1050	2	chesty
frosty	12	47	1063	2	frosty
ghast	9	56	2122	2	ghast_
ghastly	14	35	456	2	ghastly
ghosted	12	3	627	2	ghosted
glossy	10	54	900	2	glossy
glost	6	54	2293	2	glost_
glosts	7	45	1381	2	glosts
goosey	10	59	1351	2	goosey
goosy	9	60	1888	2	goos_y
gouty	9	52	1736	2	g_outy
groszy	19	39	570	2	groszy
grotty	10	38	983	2	grotty
grouty	10	47	1098	2	grouty
gusty	9	51	1957	2	g_usty
hasty	11	57	1876	2	_hasty
hooty	11	50	2244	2	_hooty
hosey	11	61	2702	2	_hosey
host	7	78	5283	2	_host_
hosta	8	59	1783	2	_hosta
hostly	12	42	1086	2	_hostly
hosts	8	55	2670	2	_hosts
shorty	12	43	1320	2	shorty

Search took 3 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	82551	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.156	38289.0
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.486	71878.9