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

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

19 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
oystermen	14	4	374	(None)
oysterman	14	4	345	1	oysterman
lobstermen	14	5	252	2	lobstermen
oystered	12	3	691	2	oyster_ed
oysterer	11	3	610	2	oyster_er
countermen	14	4	929	3	countermen
fishermen	17	4	343	3	fishermen
lettermen	11	6	428	3	lettermen
lobsterman	14	5	231	3	lobsterman
mistermed	14	3	836	3	mistermed
mysteries	14	12	1119	3	mysteries
overmen	12	3	1180	3	o__vermen
oyster	9	41	1170	3	oyster___
oysterers	12	4	557	3	oysterers
oystering	13	3	755	3	oystering
oysters	10	34	1168	3	oyster__s
roystered	13	4	486	3	royster_ed
washermen	17	4	338	3	washermen
watermen	13	7	761	3	_watermen

Search took 8 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	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	19	7.140	20818.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.313	24434.7