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

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

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
bondsman	13	4	569	(None)
bandsman	13	4	675	1	bandsman
bondman	12	3	804	1	bond_man
bondsmen	13	4	547	1	bondsmen
bandsmen	13	5	645	2	bandsmen
beadsman	13	5	561	2	beadsman
boatsman	12	4	570	2	boatsman
bondmen	12	3	789	2	bond_men
bondwoman	17	4	329	2	bondwoman
landsman	11	5	685	2	landsman
rodsman	10	3	665	2	ro_dsman
roundsman	12	4	342	2	roundsman
woodsman	14	4	479	2	woodsman

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.563	33976.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.703	48255.7