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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
positivistic	19	7	287	(None)
positivist	15	6	568	2	positivist__
positivists	16	5	419	2	positivist_s
positivest	15	4	490	3	positivest__
positivism	17	5	423	3	positivis__m
positivisms	18	5	384	3	positivis_ms
positivities	17	5	545	3	positivi_ties
positivity	18	5	458	3	positivi_t_y
primitivistic	22	7	176	3	primitivistic
activistic	17	4	492	4	__activistic
nativistic	15	5	500	4	__nativistic
negativistic	18	6	241	4	negativistic
optimistic	16	5	429	4	_o_ptimistic
pessimistic	17	5	259	4	pes_simistic
pointillistic	17	6	214	4	pointillistic
polytheistic	22	6	285	4	polytheistic
positives	14	5	917	4	positives___
recidivistic	20	6	181	4	recidivistic
relativistic	17	6	269	4	relativistic

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	124790	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	19	7.703	16200.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.859	22737.1