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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “freemen” 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
freemen	12	3	846	(None)
freedmen	14	4	455	1	freedmen
freeman	12	3	734	1	freeman
crewmen	14	3	638	2	crewmen
firemen	12	3	877	2	firemen
flehmen	15	3	491	2	flehmen
foemen	11	3	1052	2	f_oemen
foremen	12	4	1292	2	foremen
freebee	12	3	804	2	freebee
freedman	14	4	414	2	freedman
freeze	18	34	951	2	freeze_
freezer	19	34	852	2	freezer
freezes	19	33	1035	2	freezes
freshen	13	30	1088	2	freshen
freshmen	16	5	602	2	freshmen
frogmen	13	3	589	2	frogmen
gleemen	10	3	572	2	gleemen
premen	10	50	1780	2	pr_emen
reedmen	10	3	833	2	_reedmen

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	0.720	248181.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.060	35186.6
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.796	47073.5