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

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

23 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
launchers	14	5	433	(None)
launcher	13	6	556	1	launcher_
launches	13	8	790	1	launche_s
lunchers	13	34	956	1	l_unchers
blanchers	16	30	743	2	bla_nchers
brunchers	16	29	625	2	brunchers
crunchers	16	31	624	2	crunchers
haunches	16	5	696	2	haunche_s
lancers	9	36	1664	2	la_nc_ers
lanciers	10	30	854	2	la_nciers
laughers	12	3	592	2	lau_ghers
launces	9	32	900	2	launc_e_s
launched	14	7	540	2	launche_d
launders	9	35	874	2	laun_ders
luncher	12	31	1141	2	l_uncher_
lunches	12	41	1544	2	l_unche_s
lurchers	13	30	715	2	l_urchers
lynchers	16	28	545	2	l_ynchers
munchers	15	31	877	2	_munchers
paunches	15	6	817	2	paunche_s
punchers	15	26	1007	2	_punchers
ranchers	13	33	1179	2	ra_nchers
raunches	13	6	805	2	raunche_s

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	23	3.653	33242.8
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.062	43990.9