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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “devastative” 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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15 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
devastative	18	5	343	(None)
devastate	13	4	495	2	devastat__e
devastating	16	4	470	2	devastating
devastation	15	4	673	2	devastation
denotative	14	5	672	3	de_notative
devastated	15	4	412	3	devastat_ed
devastates	14	4	466	3	devastat_es
devastations	16	4	582	3	devastations
devastator	14	5	314	3	devastat_or
devastators	15	5	292	3	devastators
deverbative	20	5	362	3	deverbative
deviative	16	4	772	3	dev__iative
evacuative	18	4	373	3	_evacuative
evaluative	16	4	423	3	_evaluative
gestative	13	4	730	3	ge__stative

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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	4.923	24707.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.326	33550.7