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

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

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.

16 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
bandsman	13	4	675	(None)
bandsmen	13	5	645	1	bandsmen
bondsman	13	4	569	1	bondsman
landsman	11	5	685	1	landsman
badman	11	38	1384	2	ba_d_man
bailsman	12	4	500	2	bailsman
bandsaw	13	3	480	2	bands_aw
bandstand	13	4	393	2	bandstand
batsman	11	5	799	2	ba_tsman
beadsman	13	5	561	2	beadsman
bondman	12	3	804	2	bond_man
bondsmen	13	4	547	2	bondsmen
handyman	17	4	523	2	handyman
landman	10	3	892	2	land_man
landsmen	11	5	660	2	landsmen
sandman	10	3	1017	2	sand_man

Search took 5 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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.796	31891.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.216	42384.0