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

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

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.

15 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
sportswritings	20	7	73	(None)
sportswriting	19	6	116	1	sportswriting_
sportswriters	18	6	139	3	sportswrit_ers
prewritings	17	4	279	4	_p_r_ewritings
songwritings	17	6	126	4	s_o_ngwritings
sportswriter	17	6	170	4	sportswrit__er
freewritings	19	5	125	5	__freewritings
ghostwriting	20	5	153	5	ghost_writing_
newswritings	19	6	85	5	__newswritings
outwriting	14	4	718	5	__out_writing_
playwritings	21	5	128	5	_p_laywritings
prewriting	16	4	724	5	_p_r_ewriting_
skywritings	22	5	112	5	s___kywritings
songwriting	16	5	253	5	s_o_ngwriting_
sportfishings	22	7	102	5	sport_fishings

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	6.826	13920.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.202	24811.3