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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pointman” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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59 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
pointman	12	4	480	(None)
pointmen	12	4	542	1	pointmen
pitman	10	24	1212	2	p_i_tman
postman	11	24	1004	2	po_stman
potman	10	28	1357	2	po__tman
boatman	11	4	705	3	bo_atman
bondman	12	3	804	3	bo_ndman
countian	10	4	812	3	countian
foilsman	13	5	377	3	foilsman
footman	12	3	640	3	fo_otman
frontman	13	4	430	3	frontman
gownsman	14	4	345	3	gownsman
hitman	11	27	1022	3	_hi_tman
kinsman	13	3	596	3	_kinsman
liftman	12	4	406	3	_liftman
lineman	9	3	912	3	_lineman
linkman	13	3	539	3	_linkman
nonman	8	4	1236	3	no_n_man
oilman	8	3	948	3	_oi_lman
ointment	10	6	923	3	_ointment
outman	8	31	1503	3	_o_utman
penman	10	3	1232	3	p_en_man
pikeman	15	3	552	3	p_ikeman
pinta	7	57	2705	3	p_int_a_
pintano	9	9	899	3	p_int_ano
pintas	8	50	2139	3	p_int_as
pitmans	11	18	874	3	p_i_tmans
pitmen	10	25	1079	3	p_i_tmen
pivotman	15	4	205	3	pivotman
plainsman	13	4	319	3	plainsman
plantsman	13	4	467	3	plantsman
poinciana	13	4	248	3	poinciana
point	7	53	3873	3	point___
pointe	8	46	1931	3	point__e
pointed	10	38	1398	3	point_ed
pointer	9	38	1493	3	point_er
pointers	10	30	1372	3	pointers
pointes	9	32	1675	3	point_es
pointier	10	3	830	3	pointier
pointing	11	28	1368	3	pointing
points	8	56	1853	3	point__s
pointy	11	49	1328	3	point__y
policeman	15	4	326	3	policeman
ponton	8	32	1764	3	po_nt_on
pontoon	9	30	1070	3	po_ntoon
poontang	11	4	381	3	poont_ang
postmen	11	31	1042	3	po_stmen
potmen	10	27	1309	3	po__tmen
quintan	16	39	922	3	quint_an
reinsman	10	4	582	3	reinsman
soundman	11	4	471	3	soundman
spoilsman	13	4	250	3	spoilsman
stuntman	10	7	294	3	stuntman
swingman	14	4	359	3	swingman
tinman	8	24	1114	3	_tin_man
titman	8	27	1100	3	_ti_tman
tongman	10	3	757	3	to_ngman
townsman	13	4	410	3	townsman
wingman	13	3	638	3	_wingman

Search took 9 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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	59	8.063	18127.5
3	Display Results	59	59	0.030	1966.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	8.249	21662.1