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

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

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.

9 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
groomsman	14	5	179	(None)
groomsmen	14	4	175	1	groomsmen
goodman	11	3	593	3	g_oo_dman
gownsman	14	4	345	3	g_ownsman
grantsman	12	6	505	3	grantsman
grooms	9	45	1252	3	grooms___
groundsman	14	5	234	3	groundsman
rodsman	10	3	665	3	_r_odsman
woodsman	14	4	479	3	_woodsman

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	148641	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	9	6.783	21913.8
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	7.186	24866.5