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

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

25 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
linemen	9	3	863	(None)
lineman	9	3	912	1	lineman
linesmen	10	4	656	1	linesmen
linkmen	13	3	536	1	linkmen
alinement	11	4	910	2	alinement
firemen	12	3	877	2	firemen
icemen	10	3	789	2	_icemen
kinsmen	13	3	565	2	kinsmen
landmen	10	3	855	2	landmen
lensmen	9	3	788	2	lensmen
liegemen	11	4	413	2	liegemen
liftmen	12	3	423	2	liftmen
limen	7	54	2603	2	li__men
linden	7	4	1145	2	lin_den
lineament	11	4	784	2	lineament
linen	5	57	2872	2	lin__en
linesman	10	4	625	2	linesman
liniment	10	4	953	2	liniment
linkman	13	3	539	2	linkman
linksmen	14	4	352	2	linksmen
pikemen	15	3	533	2	pikemen
sidemen	10	3	794	2	sidemen
tinmen	8	23	1040	2	tin_men
wingmen	13	3	611	2	wingmen
wiremen	12	3	690	2	wiremen

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	2.923	36835.8
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.299	54165.2