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

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

20 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
swordsman	15	4	277	(None)
swordman	14	4	340	1	sword_man
swordsmen	15	4	217	1	swordsmen
sportsman	13	4	387	2	sportsman
swordmen	14	4	300	2	sword_men
woodsman	14	4	479	2	_woodsman
bondsman	13	4	569	3	_bondsman
corpsman	14	4	513	3	_corpsman
guardsman	13	4	252	3	guardsman
herdsman	14	6	564	3	_herdsman
rodsman	10	3	665	3	_ro_dsman
seedsman	11	4	489	3	s_eedsman
spoilsman	13	4	250	3	spoilsman
spokesman	17	4	284	3	spokesman
sportsmen	13	4	354	3	sportsmen
swordplay	18	5	124	3	swordplay
swords	10	45	1080	3	swords___
woodman	13	3	631	3	_wood_man
woodsmen	14	4	463	3	_woodsmen
workman	16	3	561	3	_wor_kman

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.440	19978.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.873	22696.7