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

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

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71 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
directive	15	5	777	(None)
directives	16	5	583	1	directives
bijective	23	4	391	2	bijective
defective	18	4	800	2	defective
detective	15	4	810	2	detective
digestive	14	4	624	2	digestive
directing	13	3	882	2	directing
direction	12	8	978	2	direction
directrice	15	5	280	2	directrice
erective	13	3	1183	2	_erective
orective	13	3	935	2	_orective
adjective	22	4	481	3	adjective
advective	18	4	523	3	advective
affective	20	13	541	3	affective
arrestive	12	4	675	3	arrestive
bioactive	16	4	413	3	bioactive
corrective	17	4	744	3	corrective
creative	13	28	1280	3	_creative
deceive	13	3	781	3	d__eceive
deceptive	17	4	685	3	deceptive
decoctive	17	4	586	3	decoctive
decretive	15	4	749	3	decre_tive
deductive	16	4	547	3	deductive
defectives	19	4	568	3	defectives
deflective	19	5	609	3	deflective
detectives	16	4	578	3	detectives
detractive	16	4	737	3	detractive
digestives	15	4	521	3	digestives
digressive	15	5	458	3	digressive
dilative	12	3	952	3	di_lative
dilutive	12	5	537	3	di_lutive
dipeptide	15	4	446	3	dipeptide
direct	9	38	1733	3	direct___
directed	12	3	823	3	direct_ed
directer	11	3	758	3	direct_er
directest	12	4	630	3	directest
directions	13	7	964	3	directions
directivity	20	5	409	3	directivity
directly	14	5	530	3	direct_ly
director	11	4	778	3	direct_or
directors	12	4	814	3	directors
directory	15	4	588	3	directory
directrices	16	5	289	3	directrices
directrix	19	5	242	3	directrix
directrixes	21	5	206	3	directrixes
directs	10	27	1026	3	direct__s
disruptive	16	8	423	3	disruptive
distractive	17	4	677	3	distractive
durative	12	3	907	3	dur_ative
effective	20	7	619	3	effective
ejective	20	3	715	3	_ejective
elective	13	3	1100	3	_elective
erectile	10	3	951	3	_erectile
fictive	15	3	702	3	fi__ctive
ideative	12	3	857	3	_ideative
inactive	13	4	820	3	_inactive
infective	17	10	897	3	infective
injective	21	7	802	3	injective
invective	17	9	804	3	invective
nondirective	18	5	468	3	~~non~~directive
objective	23	4	537	3	objective
perfective	20	4	719	3	perfective
precative	16	3	1257	3	_precative
reactive	13	3	1047	3	__reactive
receive	12	3	973	3	__receive
refective	17	4	911	3	refective
rejective	21	4	825	3	rejective
restive	10	3	1593	3	__restive
selective	14	4	952	3	selective
surjective	22	4	416	3	surjective
tractive	13	3	1004	3	_tractive

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	71	7.016	21186.0
3	Display Results	71	71	0.030	2366.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	71	7.469	23924.4