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

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

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
formative	17	4	796	(None)
formatives	18	4	621	1	formatives
normative	14	4	889	1	normative
deformative	20	4	497	2	deformative
forgetive	16	12	446	2	forgetive
formalise	14	23	978	2	formalise
formalize	23	27	1003	2	formalize
formamide	17	4	440	2	formamide
formate	12	31	1509	2	format__e
formation	14	3	942	2	formation
formatively	22	5	452	2	formatively
hortative	15	4	643	2	hortative
informative	19	6	515	2	informative
portative	14	4	937	2	portative
reformative	19	4	567	2	reformative

Search took 5 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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.593	33797.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.999	44683.9