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

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

13 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
launchpad	17	5	119	(None)
launchpads	18	5	99	1	launchpads
launched	14	7	540	2	launch_ed
haunched	17	4	481	3	haunch_ed
launch	11	36	806	3	launch___
launcher	13	6	556	3	launch_er
launchers	14	5	433	3	launchers
launches	13	8	790	3	launch_es
launching	15	4	478	3	launching
lunched	13	39	1182	3	l_unch_ed
lunkhead	16	4	296	3	l_unkhead
paunched	16	4	552	3	paunch_ed
touchpad	16	4	317	3	tou_chpad

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	148641	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	8.423	17647.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.576	20836.2