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

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

17 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
linkman	13	3	539	(None)
lineman	9	3	912	1	lineman
linkmen	13	3	536	1	linkmen
linksman	14	4	415	1	linksman
junkman	20	4	317	2	junkman
kinsman	13	3	596	2	kinsman
kirkman	12	4	377	2	kirkman
landman	10	3	892	2	landman
lensman	9	3	756	2	lensman
liftman	12	4	406	2	liftman
liman	7	59	2160	2	li__man
linemen	9	3	863	2	linemen
linesman	10	4	625	2	linesman
linksmen	14	4	352	2	linksmen
milkman	15	4	491	2	milkman
tinman	8	24	1114	2	tin_man
wingman	13	3	638	2	wingman

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	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.796	28364.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.982	44874.7