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

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

15 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
leadsman	11	4	524	(None)
beadsman	13	5	561	1	beadsman
headsman	14	4	635	1	headsman
leadman	10	23	784	1	lead_man
leadsmen	11	5	479	1	leadsmen
beadman	12	24	915	2	bead_man
beadsmen	13	8	588	2	beadsmen
deadman	11	23	842	2	dead_man
headman	13	22	963	2	head_man
headsmen	14	6	598	2	headsmen
herdsman	14	6	564	2	herdsman
landsman	11	5	685	2	landsman
leadmen	10	27	790	2	lead_men
lensman	9	3	756	2	le_nsman
seedsman	11	4	489	2	seedsman

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.690	32807.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.076	43839.8