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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “positivist” 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.

16 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
positivist	15	6	568	(None)
positivest	15	4	490	1	positivest
positivism	17	5	423	1	positivism
positivists	16	5	419	1	positivists
positives	14	5	917	2	positives_
positivisms	18	5	384	2	positivisms
positivistic	19	7	287	2	positivistic
positivity	18	5	458	2	positivity
passivist	14	4	599	3	pas_sivist
politicise	14	4	724	3	politicise
positions	11	8	1150	3	positions_
positive	13	4	999	3	positiv__e
positively	18	4	545	3	positively
positiver	14	4	548	3	positiv_er
posturist	11	4	1044	3	pos_turist
primitivist	18	5	331	3	primitivist

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.030	23317.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.453	27691.2