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

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

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55 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
generative	14	5	856	(None)
degenerative	17	5	496	2	degenerative
federative	17	4	616	2	federative
generalise	11	17	812	2	generalise
generalize	20	19	845	2	generalize
generate	9	3	1290	2	generat__e
generating	12	3	1038	2	generating
generation	11	3	1242	2	generation
penetrative	16	4	611	2	penetrative
regenerative	16	5	530	2	regenerative
decorative	16	4	892	3	decorative
denigrative	16	5	548	3	denigrative
denotative	14	5	672	3	denotative
deverbative	20	5	362	3	deverbative
enumerative	16	5	475	3	_enumerative
execrative	22	4	604	3	_execrative
exertive	18	3	908	3	_exer_tive
exonerative	21	5	539	3	exonerative
generable	12	3	866	3	genera_ble
generalised	13	18	568	3	generalised
generalises	12	16	782	3	generalises
generalist	11	16	942	3	generalist
generality	14	4	619	3	generality
generalized	22	14	744	3	generalized
generalizer	21	15	626	3	generalizer
generalizes	21	17	827	3	generalizes
generated	11	3	1020	3	generat_ed
generates	10	3	1271	3	generat_es
generations	12	3	1142	3	generations
generator	10	6	759	3	generat_or
generators	11	4	753	3	generators
generatrices	15	5	225	3	generatrices
generatrix	18	5	187	3	generatrix
genitive	12	4	764	3	gen__itive
gestative	13	4	730	3	ge_stative
imperative	17	4	856	3	imperative
iterative	12	4	1071	3	_iterative
lacerative	15	5	628	3	lacerative
negative	12	3	908	3	__negative
operative	14	11	1055	3	_operative
pejorative	22	4	569	3	pejorative
recreative	15	4	902	3	recreative
reiterative	14	4	753	3	reiterative
remunerative	17	5	476	3	remunerative
renovative	16	4	543	3	renovative
reparative	15	4	817	3	reparative
revertive	15	4	885	3	rever_tive
separative	15	4	697	3	separative
tentative	12	4	781	3	ten_tative
tolerative	13	4	625	3	tolerative
ulcerative	15	4	517	3	ulcerative
vegetative	17	4	457	3	vegetative
venerate	11	3	1290	3	venerat__e
venerating	14	4	1005	3	venerating
veneration	13	4	1234	3	veneration

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	55	6.546	21479.2
3	Display Results	55	55	0.033	1666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	6.999	25530.9