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

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

17 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
switchman	19	6	220	(None)
switchmen	19	6	242	1	switchmen
pitchman	17	4	401	2	_pitchman
watchman	18	4	462	2	_watchman
dutchman	16	4	301	3	_dutchman
pitchmen	17	4	433	3	_pitchmen
stickman	16	4	394	3	sti_ckman
swingman	14	4	359	3	swi_ngman
switch	14	45	891	3	switch___
switchback	26	5	212	3	switchback
switched	17	15	713	3	switch_ed
switcher	16	17	768	3	switch_er
switchers	17	14	663	3	switchers
switches	16	15	913	3	switch_es
switching	18	3	570	3	switching
switchyard	22	5	158	3	switchyard
watchmen	18	4	475	3	_watchmen

Search took 8 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	148641	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.626	22433.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.045	25364.2