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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “boatsman” 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.

12 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
boatsman	12	4	570	(None)
batsman	11	5	799	1	b_atsman
boatman	11	4	705	1	boat_man
boatsmen	12	4	528	1	boatsmen
batman	10	52	1406	2	b_at_man
batsmen	11	4	688	2	b_atsmen
beadsman	13	5	561	2	beadsman
boardman	13	4	439	2	boardman
boatmen	11	4	691	2	boat_men
boatswain	14	5	192	2	boatswain
bondsman	13	4	569	2	bondsman
oarsman	9	3	773	2	_oarsman

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	4.126	29340.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.532	39428.7