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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “descriptive” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

17 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
descriptive	19	5	368	(None)
ascriptive	17	5	383	2	_ascriptive
description	16	4	537	2	description
descriptively	24	7	232	2	descriptively
inscriptive	18	5	384	2	inscriptive
prescriptive	21	5	323	2	prescriptive
deceptive	17	4	685	3	de_c_eptive
decretive	15	4	749	3	de_cr_etive
descriptions	17	5	540	3	descriptions
descriptor	15	5	297	3	descript_or
descriptors	16	5	275	3	descriptors
destructive	17	5	569	3	destructive
disruptive	16	8	423	3	dis_ruptive
nondescriptive	22	6	197	3	~~non~~descriptive
proscriptive	21	5	287	3	proscriptive
resorptive	15	4	476	3	resor_ptive
restrictive	16	4	636	3	restrictive

Search took 6 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	121633	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	5.513	22062.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.905	30261.0