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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ascriptive” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
ascriptive	17	5	383	(None)
ascription	14	4	499	2	ascription
descriptive	19	5	368	2	descriptive
inscriptive	18	5	384	2	inscriptive
absorptive	17	5	367	3	absor_ptive
acceptive	18	4	507	3	a_cceptive
accretive	16	4	509	3	accr_etive
adsorptive	16	5	336	3	adsor_ptive
ascriptions	15	4	498	3	ascriptions
assistive	12	4	429	3	as_sistive
assumptive	17	5	220	3	assumptive
attritive	12	4	607	3	attri_tive
prescriptive	21	5	323	3	prescriptive
proscriptive	21	5	287	3	proscriptive
scripting	14	3	747	3	_scripting
scripture	13	4	388	3	_scripture
sorptive	13	4	647	3	_sor_ptive

Search took 8 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.673	21070.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.109	25135.9