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

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

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42 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
directives	16	5	583	(None)
directive	15	5	777	1	directive_
defectives	19	4	568	2	defectives
detectives	16	4	578	2	detectives
digestives	15	4	521	2	digestives
directions	13	7	964	2	directions
directrices	16	5	289	2	directrices
directrixes	21	5	206	2	directrixes
adjectives	23	4	373	3	adjectives
bijective	23	4	391	3	bijective_
correctives	18	4	557	3	correctives
creatives	14	27	969	3	_creatives
deceives	14	3	790	3	d__eceives
defective	18	4	800	3	defective_
detective	15	4	810	3	detective_
digestive	14	4	624	3	digestive_
dioecies	11	3	893	3	dioec_i_es
dipeptides	16	4	379	3	dipeptides
directed	12	3	823	3	direct__ed
directer	11	3	758	3	direct__er
directest	12	4	630	3	direct__est
directing	13	3	882	3	directi_ng
direction	12	8	978	3	directi_on
directivities	19	5	419	3	directiv~~iti~~es
directivity	20	5	409	3	directivity
directness	13	4	419	3	directness
directories	14	4	601	3	directories
directors	12	4	814	3	direct_ors
directress	13	4	310	3	directress
directrice	15	5	280	3	directrice_
directs	10	27	1026	3	direct___s
dirties	8	31	1938	3	dir__ti_es
duratives	13	4	622	3	dur_atives
effectives	21	13	456	3	effectives
ejectives	21	4	544	3	_ejectives
electives	14	4	893	3	_electives
erective	13	3	1183	3	_erective_
invectives	18	8	590	3	invectives
objectives	24	4	453	3	objectives
orective	13	3	935	3	_orective_
perfectives	21	4	547	3	perfectives
receives	13	3	974	3	__receives

Search took 7 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	42	5.766	24384.8
3	Display Results	42	42	0.030	1400.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	42	6.202	28811.8