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

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

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.

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
vocative	16	3	791	(None)
evocative	17	4	629	1	evocative
locative	13	3	868	1	locative
vocatives	17	4	588	1	vocatives
advocative	19	4	396	2	advocative
coactive	15	9	862	2	coactive
conative	13	12	1462	2	conative
donative	12	13	987	2	donative
locatives	14	4	656	2	locatives
rotative	11	3	1034	2	rotative
violative	15	4	511	2	violative
vocalise	13	15	1081	2	vocalise
vocalize	22	13	1015	2	vocalize
vocation	13	23	1198	2	vocation
vocatively	21	4	447	2	vocatively
volatile	11	4	643	2	volatile
volitive	14	4	689	2	volitive
vomitive	16	4	585	2	vomitive
votive	12	34	893	2	vo__tive

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.733	32429.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.155	43006.3