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

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

21 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
herdman	13	23	842	(None)
headman	13	22	963	1	headman
herdmen	13	23	845	1	herdmen
herdsman	14	6	564	1	herdsman
beadman	12	24	915	2	beadman
birdman	12	3	667	2	birdman
deadman	11	23	842	2	deadman
german	9	6	1198	2	ger_man
hardpan	13	3	644	2	hardpan
headmen	13	25	951	2	headmen
headsman	14	4	635	2	headsman
herdsmen	14	6	483	2	herdsmen
herma	10	53	1888	2	her_ma_
hermae	11	53	1447	2	her_mae
hermai	11	89	1286	2	her_mai
hetman	11	25	1060	2	he_tman
leadman	10	23	784	2	leadman
merman	10	5	1386	2	mer_man
reedman	10	3	772	2	reedman
seedman	10	3	737	2	seedman
yardman	13	3	591	2	yardman

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.749	47663.6