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

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

10 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
pikeman	15	3	552	(None)
pikemen	15	3	533	1	pikemen
fireman	12	4	933	2	fireman
iceman	10	3	785	2	_iceman
lineman	9	3	912	2	lineman
pitman	10	24	1212	2	pi_tman
preman	10	41	1745	2	p_reman
sideman	10	3	797	2	sideman
sokeman	13	3	726	2	sokeman
wireman	12	3	784	2	wireman

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	10	3.123	34476.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.499	51069.2