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

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

24 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
footmen	12	4	658	(None)
footman	12	3	640	1	footman
boatmen	11	4	691	2	boatmen
bookmen	15	12	626	2	bookmen
doormen	10	3	675	2	doormen
foemen	11	3	1052	2	f_oemen
footed	10	44	1862	2	foot_ed
footer	9	43	2077	2	foot_er
footie	9	47	1814	2	footie_
footier	10	41	1511	2	footier
footies	10	37	2154	2	footies
footle	9	39	1438	2	footle_
footled	11	36	1076	2	footled
footler	10	40	1187	2	footler
footles	10	37	1571	2	footles
foramen	12	3	1053	2	foramen
foremen	12	4	1292	2	foremen
frogmen	13	3	589	2	frogmen
frontmen	13	4	442	2	frontmen
goodmen	11	3	562	2	goodmen
postmen	11	31	1042	2	postmen
potmen	10	27	1309	2	_potmen
woodmen	13	5	605	2	woodmen
woolmen	12	3	497	2	woolmen

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.548	50363.9