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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “screenwriters” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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45 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
screenwriters	18	6	120	(None)
screenwriter	17	6	125	1	screenwriter_
scriptwriters	20	6	103	3	scriptwriters
freewrites	16	4	357	4	_free_write_s
greenbriers	14	5	226	4	_greenbri_ers
rewriters	12	3	634	4	__r_e_writers
screeners	11	3	672	4	screen____ers
screwdrivers	21	6	59	4	scr_ewdrivers
scriptwriter	19	6	123	4	scriptwriter_
speechwriters	23	10	117	4	speechwriters
copywriters	21	5	197	5	_c_opywriters
cowriters	14	31	728	5	_c___owriters
freewrite	15	4	360	5	_free_write__
greenbrier	13	5	285	5	_greenbri_er_
greeneries	11	6	707	5	_greeneri_e_s
greengrocers	16	6	135	5	_greengrocers
greenmailers	15	6	150	5	_greenmailers
nonwriters	13	4	509	5	___nonwriters
reenters	8	29	1530	5	__reen___ters
reentries	9	3	1176	5	__reentri_e_s
reuniters	9	3	642	5	__reun__iters
rewriter	11	3	792	5	__r_e_writer_
rewrites	11	3	1106	5	__r_e_write_s
sceneries	11	4	939	5	sc__eneri_e_s
sceneshifters	21	6	48	5	sc_eneshifters
scheelites	15	4	325	5	schee__lite_s
sclerites	11	3	944	5	sc_le__rite_s
screechers	17	14	367	5	scree___chers
screechier	17	4	298	5	scree_chi_er_
screener	10	3	756	5	screen____er_
screenings	13	4	326	5	screen__i_ngs
screwdriver	20	5	68	5	scr_ewdriver_
screwers	13	35	805	5	scr_e_w___ers
screwier	13	4	642	5	scr_e_w_i_er_
screwiness	15	4	440	5	scr_e_w_iness
skywriters	20	5	182	5	s___kywriters
songwriters	15	5	210	5	s__ongwriters
speechwriter	22	11	122	5	speechwriter_
sportswriters	18	6	139	5	sportswriters
streetwalkers	20	6	170	5	streetwalkers
subwriters	15	4	441	5	s___ubwriters
surfeiters	13	4	363	5	surfe___iters
sweetbriers	16	5	150	5	s_weetbri_ers
typewriters	19	5	205	5	_type_writers
underwriters	16	5	280	5	_underwriters

Search took 10 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	45	9.470	13177.4
3	Display Results	45	45	0.016	2812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	9.626	18563.4