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

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

13 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
sportsmanlike	21	13	124	(None)
unsportsmanlike	23	8	55	2	unsportsmanlike
sportsmanly	18	5	164	3	sportsmanl__y
craftsmanlike	24	7	100	4	craftsmanlike
sportsman	13	4	387	4	sportsman____
sportsmanship	22	7	305	4	sportsmanship
sportsmanships	23	7	301	4	sportsmanships
statesmanlike	19	7	76	4	statesmanlike
workmanlike	19	5	125	4	_wor_kmanlike
porcelainlike	21	7	77	5	_porcelainlike
seamanlike	16	4	208	5	s___eamanlike
sportsmen	13	4	354	5	sportsmen____
womanlike	18	4	345	5	_wo___manlike

Search took 10 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	9.453	13201.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.856	18130.2