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

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

14 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
bandsmen	13	5	645	(None)
bandsman	13	4	675	1	bandsman
bondsmen	13	4	547	1	bondsmen
landsmen	11	5	660	1	landsmen
badmen	11	46	1383	2	ba_d_men
bailsmen	12	4	462	2	bailsmen
batsmen	11	4	688	2	ba_tsmen
beadsmen	13	8	588	2	beadsmen
bondmen	12	3	789	2	bond_men
bondsman	13	4	569	2	bondsman
handymen	17	4	498	2	handymen
landmen	10	3	855	2	land_men
landsman	11	5	685	2	landsman
sandmen	10	3	941	2	sand_men

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.313	36540.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.719	48048.1