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

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

16 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
leadsmen	11	5	479	(None)
beadsmen	13	8	588	1	beadsmen
headsmen	14	6	598	1	headsmen
leadmen	10	27	790	1	lead_men
leadsman	11	4	524	1	leadsman
beadmen	12	29	945	2	bead_men
beadsman	13	5	561	2	beadsman
deadmen	11	24	857	2	dead_men
headmen	13	25	951	2	head_men
headsman	14	4	635	2	headsman
herdsmen	14	6	483	2	herdsmen
landsmen	11	5	660	2	landsmen
leaden	7	45	1522	2	lead__en
leadman	10	23	784	2	lead_man
lensmen	9	3	788	2	le_nsmen
seedsmen	11	4	430	2	seedsmen

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.313	36540.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.703	48255.7