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

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

26 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
woodmen	13	5	605	(None)
goodmen	11	3	562	1	goodmen
wooden	10	36	1030	1	wood_en
woodhen	14	5	472	1	woodhen
woodman	13	3	631	1	woodman
woodsmen	14	4	463	1	woodsmen
woolmen	12	3	497	1	woolmen
bondmen	12	3	789	2	bondmen
bookmen	15	12	626	2	bookmen
doormen	10	3	675	2	doormen
footmen	12	4	658	2	footmen
goodman	11	3	593	2	goodman
rodmen	9	3	971	2	_rodmen
swordmen	14	4	300	2	swordmen
women	10	46	1925	2	w_o_men
woodbin	13	5	487	2	woodbin
wooded	11	42	1368	2	wood_ed
woodhens	15	3	410	2	woodhens
woodie	10	35	1361	2	woodie_
woodier	11	39	1206	2	woodier
woodies	11	35	1715	2	woodies
woodsman	14	4	479	2	woodsman
woolen	9	31	1137	2	woo_len
woollen	10	3	472	2	woollen
woolman	12	3	543	2	woolman
workmen	16	3	593	2	workmen

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	26	3.063	35152.1
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	3.439	51960.2