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

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

11 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
seedsmen	11	4	430	(None)
seedmen	10	3	768	1	seed_men
seedsman	11	4	489	1	seedsman
beadsmen	13	8	588	2	beadsmen
bedesmen	13	5	571	2	bedesmen
headsmen	14	6	598	2	headsmen
herdsmen	14	6	483	2	herdsmen
leadsmen	11	5	479	2	leadsmen
reedmen	10	3	833	2	reed_men
seedman	10	3	737	2	seed_man
steersmen	11	4	323	2	steersmen

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	3.330	36354.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.736	47829.5