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

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

21 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
oilman	8	3	948	(None)
oilcan	8	3	779	1	oilcan
oilmen	8	4	831	1	oilmen
aidman	9	24	1062	2	aidman
airman	8	24	1422	2	airman
dolman	9	53	1240	2	dolman
firman	11	22	1134	2	firman
foilsman	13	5	377	2	foilsman
hitman	11	27	1022	2	hitman
liman	7	59	2160	2	li_man
mailman	11	3	773	2	mailman
milkman	15	4	491	2	milkman
oilcans	9	3	681	2	oilcans
oilway	12	3	574	2	oilway
outman	8	31	1503	2	outman
pitman	10	24	1212	2	pitman
silvan	9	28	1015	2	silvan
tinman	8	24	1114	2	tinman
titman	8	27	1100	2	titman
tollman	9	3	586	2	tollman
woolman	12	3	543	2	woolman

Search took 5 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	82551	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	3.780	21838.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.296	41594.7