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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “workmen” 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
workmen	16	3	593	(None)
workman	16	3	561	1	workman
bookmen	15	12	626	2	bookmen
foramen	12	3	1053	2	foramen
foremen	12	4	1292	2	foremen
kirkmen	12	3	292	2	kirkmen
sockmen	15	3	545	2	sockmen
swordmen	14	4	300	2	swordmen
wiremen	12	3	690	2	wiremen
woken	12	46	1497	2	wo_k_en
women	10	46	1925	2	wo__men
woodmen	13	5	605	2	woodmen
woolmen	12	3	497	2	woolmen
worked	14	53	1470	2	work_ed
worker	13	47	1511	2	work_er
workwomen	21	4	379	2	workwomen
wormed	12	43	1430	2	wor_med
wormer	11	45	1491	2	wor_mer
worsen	9	55	1387	2	wor_sen

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	19	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.735	47842.3