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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “handicraftsman” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
handicraftsman	25	8	79	(None)
handcraftsman	24	11	94	1	hand_craftsman
handicraftsmen	25	7	82	1	handicraftsmen
handcraftsmen	24	12	97	2	hand_craftsmen
handicrafts	20	14	280	3	handicrafts___
handcrafts	19	12	399	4	hand_crafts___
handicraft	19	11	381	4	handicraft____
handicrafter	21	15	173	4	handicraft__er
handicrafters	22	17	155	4	handicraft_ers
craftsman	16	6	310	5	_____craftsman
draftsman	15	5	271	5	___d__raftsman
handcraft	18	11	547	5	hand_craft____
handcrafted	21	5	216	5	hand_craft__ed
handcrafting	22	8	179	5	hand_craft_ing

Search took 7 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	14	5.780	16440.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.156	29027.1