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

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

15 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
sideman	10	3	797	(None)
sidemen	10	3	794	1	sidemen
aidman	9	24	1062	2	aid_man
bedeman	12	16	884	2	bedeman
fireman	12	4	933	2	fireman
iceman	10	3	785	2	_iceman
lineman	9	3	912	2	lineman
pikeman	15	3	552	2	pikeman
seedman	10	3	737	2	seedman
sideband	12	4	502	2	sideband
sidebar	10	4	556	2	sidebar
sidecar	10	4	523	2	sidecar
sideway	14	4	567	2	sideway
sokeman	13	3	726	2	sokeman
wireman	12	3	784	2	wireman

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.050	35302.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.436	52005.5