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

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

14 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
laughter	12	4	511	(None)
daughter	13	4	450	1	daughter
laugher	11	3	660	1	laugh_er
laughters	13	4	459	1	laughters
slaughter	13	4	400	1	slaughter
claughted	16	4	324	2	claughted
daughters	14	4	399	2	daughters
haughtier	16	4	274	2	haughtier
laughed	12	3	589	2	laugh_ed
laughers	12	3	592	2	laugh_ers
lighter	11	31	1344	2	l_ighter
naughtier	13	4	310	2	naughtier
slaughters	14	4	353	2	slaughters
waughted	16	4	348	2	waughted

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.936	30756.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.342	41154.1