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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “midshipman” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
midshipman	20	5	69	(None)
midshipmen	20	5	113	1	midshipmen
midship	15	4	604	3	midship___
midships	16	4	569	3	midship__s
shipman	14	24	713	3	___shipman
amidship	16	4	431	4	amidship___
amidships	17	4	369	4	amidship__s
dishpan	13	10	552	4	di_sh_p_an
fisherman	17	4	273	4	fi_sherman
middleman	15	4	205	4	mid_dleman
militiaman	14	5	143	4	militiaman
misplan	11	4	777	4	mi_s__plan
misshapen	16	4	378	4	misshap_en
missileman	14	5	173	4	missileman
shipmen	14	31	728	4	___shipmen
shopman	14	24	726	4	___shopman

Search took 10 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	161450	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	161450	16	9.470	17048.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	9.919	18015.0