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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “middleman” 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
middleman	15	4	205	(None)
middlemen	15	4	273	1	middlemen
ruddleman	13	5	149	2	ruddleman
midden	10	41	1285	3	midd_e__n
middle	10	34	1498	3	middle___
middled	12	33	1190	3	middle__d
middler	11	27	1227	3	middle__r
middlers	12	34	1019	3	middle_rs
middles	11	34	1530	3	middle__s
milkman	15	4	491	3	mi__lkman
minuteman	13	4	216	3	minuteman
missileman	14	5	174	3	missileman
muscleman	15	9	252	3	muscleman
rifleman	13	4	341	3	ri_fleman
ruddlemen	13	5	211	3	ruddlemen
sideman	10	3	797	3	si_d_eman

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	6.656	22331.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.095	25185.5