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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “oysterman” 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
oysterman	14	4	346	(None)
oystermen	14	4	374	1	oystermen
lobsterman	14	5	233	2	lobsterman
counterman	14	4	855	3	counterman
fisherman	17	4	273	3	fisherman
hysteria	14	4	739	3	hysteria_
hysterias	15	4	715	3	hysterias
letterman	11	6	424	3	letterman
lobstermen	14	5	252	3	lobstermen
osteoma	9	4	543	3	o_steoma_
osteomas	10	4	533	3	o_steomas
overman	12	3	1146	3	o__verman
oyster	9	41	1170	3	oyster___
oystered	12	3	692	3	oyster_ed
oysterer	11	3	610	3	oyster_er
oysterers	12	4	557	3	oysterers
oystering	13	3	756	3	oystering
oysters	10	34	1169	3	oyster__s
washerman	17	4	300	3	washerman
waterman	13	9	728	3	_waterman

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	6.033	24638.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.469	27622.7