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

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

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.

25 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
basemen	11	3	908	(None)
baseman	11	3	855	1	baseman
basement	12	3	1149	1	basement
abasement	13	4	833	2	abasement
ashmen	11	6	817	2	_ashmen
axemen	15	4	749	2	_axemen
badmen	11	46	1383	2	ba_dmen
bagmen	11	54	1253	2	ba_gmen
baleen	8	6	1305	2	bale_en
bargemen	13	4	640	2	bargemen
barmen	10	54	1853	2	ba_rmen
basements	13	4	826	2	basements
batmen	10	44	1430	2	ba_tmen
batsmen	11	4	688	2	batsmen
baymen	13	42	1200	2	ba_ymen
bedemen	12	9	1018	2	bedemen
brakemen	16	4	484	2	brakemen
bushmen	14	3	630	2	bushmen
busmen	10	3	989	2	bus_men
casement	12	3	1195	2	casement
cavemen	14	3	714	2	cavemen
easement	10	4	1416	2	easement
gasmen	9	31	1156	2	gas_men
gatemen	10	4	760	2	gatemen
semen	7	57	2410	2	__semen

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	107671	0.800	223363.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	6.920	15559.4
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	7.736	23098.6