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

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

24 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
laughers	12	3	592	(None)
laugher	11	3	660	1	laugher_
laughters	13	4	459	1	laughters
augers	7	38	1870	2	_aug_ers
coughers	14	39	996	2	coughers
daughters	14	4	399	2	daughters
gaugers	9	42	1171	2	gaug_ers
laagers	8	34	1125	2	laag_ers
lagers	7	48	2614	2	la_g_ers
laggers	9	42	1624	2	la_ggers
lashers	10	41	2183	2	la_shers
lathers	10	43	2188	2	la_thers
lauders	8	40	1289	2	lau_ders
laughed	12	3	589	2	laughe_d
laughs	10	48	902	2	laugh__s
laughter	12	4	511	2	laughter_
launchers	14	5	433	2	launchers
launders	9	35	875	2	launders
lugers	7	46	1702	2	l_ug_ers
luggers	9	37	1348	2	l_uggers
ploughers	15	19	392	2	ploughers
roughers	12	32	918	2	roughers
saugers	8	39	1405	2	saug_ers
slaughters	14	4	353	2	slaughters

Search took 6 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	4.970	24357.9
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	5.360	33337.9