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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “caveman” 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
caveman	14	3	707	(None)
cavemen	14	3	714	1	cavemen
axeman	15	3	810	2	_axeman
baseman	11	3	855	2	baseman
cabman	12	38	1251	2	ca_bman
caiman	10	36	1567	2	ca_iman
capelan	11	3	901	2	capelan
carman	10	39	2076	2	ca_rman
cateran	9	3	1377	2	cateran
caveat	11	4	1772	2	cave_at
cavern	11	53	1245	2	cave_rn
cayman	13	36	1322	2	ca_yman
gateman	10	5	747	2	gateman

Search took 5 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	0.780	229091.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	4.173	25801.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.953	36077.3