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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “handcraftsman” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

11 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
handcraftsman	24	11	94	(None)
handcraftsmen	24	12	97	1	handcraftsmen
handicraftsman	25	8	79	1	handicraftsman
handicraftsmen	25	7	82	2	handicraftsmen
handcrafts	19	12	399	3	handcrafts___
craftsman	16	6	310	4	____craftsman
draftsman	15	5	271	4	___d_raftsman
handcraft	18	11	547	4	handcraft____
handcrafted	21	5	216	4	handcraft__ed
handcrafting	22	8	179	4	handcraft_ing
handicrafts	20	14	280	4	handicrafts___

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	95024	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	11	4.406	21567.0
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.796	37258.3