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

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

19 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
lensman	9	3	756	(None)
lensmen	9	3	788	1	lensmen
clansman	12	4	581	2	clansman
desman	9	3	1169	2	de_sman
kinsman	13	3	596	2	kinsman
landman	10	3	892	2	landman
landsman	11	5	685	2	landsman
leadman	10	23	784	2	leadman
leadsman	11	4	524	2	leadsman
legman	9	4	965	2	le_gman
leman	7	56	2260	2	le__man
lineman	9	3	912	2	lineman
linesman	10	4	625	2	linesman
linkman	13	3	539	2	linkman
linksman	14	4	415	2	linksman
messman	11	3	728	2	messman
newsman	12	4	550	2	newsman
penman	10	3	1232	2	pen_man
reinsman	10	4	582	2	reinsman

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.080	34958.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.516	50822.2