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

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

15 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
flagman	13	18	617	(None)
flagmen	13	22	691	1	flagmen
bagman	11	46	1381	2	_bagman
flagon	10	3	798	2	flag_on
flagrant	12	4	763	2	flagrant
flamen	11	52	1599	2	fla_men
flyman	14	32	642	2	fl_yman
frogman	13	3	587	2	frogman
gagman	10	38	1124	2	_gagman
lagan	6	65	2034	2	_lag_an
lawman	11	28	905	2	_lawman
layman	11	35	1130	2	_layman
legman	9	4	965	2	_legman
ragman	9	40	1371	2	_ragman
swagman	13	3	491	2	swagman

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	2.940	36622.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.313	53936.3