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

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

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
mailman	11	3	773	(None)
mailmen	11	3	727	1	mailmen
aidman	9	24	1062	2	_aidman
airman	8	24	1422	2	_airman
bailsman	12	4	500	2	bailsman
caiman	10	36	1566	2	cai_man
madman	11	37	1238	2	ma_dman
mailbag	12	4	392	2	mailbag
milkman	15	4	491	2	m_ilkman
oilman	8	3	948	2	_oilman
tailfan	10	4	465	2	tailfan

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	11	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.013	846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.889	45947.8