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

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

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
messman	11	3	728	(None)
messan	8	39	1206	1	mess_an
messmen	11	3	739	1	messmen
chessman	15	4	482	2	chessman
deskman	14	4	432	2	deskman
desman	9	3	1169	2	de_sman
hessian	10	3	585	2	hessian
lensman	9	3	756	2	lensman
meatman	11	3	790	2	meatman
merman	10	5	1386	2	me_rman
mesian	8	43	1550	2	me_sian
messans	9	27	1046	2	mess_ans
messiah	12	4	679	2	messiah
messmate	12	4	639	2	messmate
newsman	12	4	550	2	newsman
pressman	12	4	715	2	pressman

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	16	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.249	54998.8