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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fishermen” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

20 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
fishermen	17	4	343	(None)
fisherman	17	4	273	1	fisherman
fisheries	15	4	864	2	fisheries
fisherwomen	22	7	168	2	fisherwomen
washermen	17	4	338	2	washermen
bushelmen	16	4	242	3	bushelmen
dishearten	14	4	433	3	dishearten
dishelmed	16	4	509	3	dishelmed
firemen	12	3	877	3	fi_re_men
fisher	12	49	1714	3	fisher___
fishers	13	47	1472	3	fisher__s
fisherwoman	22	7	141	3	fisherwoman
fishery	16	39	773	3	fisher__y
fisheye	16	4	477	3	fishe_ye_
fisheyes	17	4	409	3	fishe_yes
mistermed	14	3	836	3	mistermed
oystermen	14	4	374	3	oystermen
tillermen	11	4	360	3	tillermen
timbermen	15	4	350	3	timbermen
washerman	17	4	300	3	washerman

Search took 8 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	148641	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.250	20502.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.703	23197.6