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

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

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.

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
enactive	13	3	851	(None)
inactive	13	4	820	1	inactive
active	11	3	1374	2	__active
coactive	15	9	862	2	coactive
eductive	14	7	686	2	eductive
ejective	20	3	715	2	ejective
elative	10	3	1245	2	ela_tive
elective	13	3	1100	2	elective
enacting	11	3	1136	2	enacting
erective	13	3	1183	2	erective
exaptive	20	4	525	2	exaptive
native	9	6	1301	2	_na_tive
nonactive	14	4	897	2	nonactive
reactive	13	3	1047	2	reactive
tractive	13	3	1004	2	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	121059	0.813	219792.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	7.140	16955.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.953	22468.4