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

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

12 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
groomsmen	14	4	175	(None)
groomsman	14	5	179	1	groomsman
goodmen	11	3	562	3	g_oo_dmen
gownsmen	14	4	337	3	g_ownsmen
grantsmen	12	9	464	3	grantsmen
grommet	12	26	845	3	gr_om_met
groomed	11	37	950	3	groo__med
groomer	10	39	987	3	groo__mer
grooms	9	45	1252	3	grooms___
groundsmen	14	5	238	3	groundsmen
rodsmen	10	3	583	3	_r_odsmen
woodsmen	14	4	463	3	_woodsmen

Search took 7 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	6.126	24264.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.562	27231.2