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

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

22 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
sandmen	10	3	941	(None)
landmen	10	3	855	1	landmen
sandman	10	3	1017	1	sandman
admen	8	45	1618	2	_a_dmen
aidmen	9	26	1037	2	_aidmen
badmen	11	46	1383	2	ba_dmen
bandsmen	13	5	645	2	bandsmen
bondmen	12	3	789	2	bondmen
handymen	17	4	498	2	handymen
hangmen	13	3	737	2	hangmen
landman	10	3	892	2	landman
landsmen	11	5	660	2	landsmen
madmen	11	35	1174	2	ma_dmen
sadden	8	32	1240	2	sa_dden
sagamen	10	12	750	2	sagamen
sanded	8	49	2061	2	sand_ed
sander	7	48	2853	2	sand_er
sandier	8	40	1784	2	sandier
seedmen	10	3	768	2	seedmen
soundmen	11	4	523	2	soundmen
vanmen	11	3	840	2	van_men
yardmen	13	3	542	2	yardmen

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.640	49090.9