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

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

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64 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
normative	14	4	889	(None)
formative	17	4	796	1	formative
formatives	18	4	621	2	formatives
hortative	15	4	643	2	hortative
informative	19	6	515	2	informative
narrative	12	4	737	2	narrative
nonnative	12	4	834	2	nonnative
normalise	11	25	942	2	normalise
normalize	20	30	1010	2	normalize
normatively	19	5	463	2	normatively
portative	14	4	937	2	portative
amative	12	3	1173	3	__amative
aromatize	20	4	1030	3	aromatize
calmative	16	4	703	3	calmative
combative	18	4	721	3	combative
conative	13	12	1462	3	co_native
corrasive	14	4	506	3	corrasive
creative	13	28	1280	3	_creative
curative	13	3	1040	3	cur_ative
deformative	20	4	497	3	deformative
dogmatize	22	6	576	3	dogmatize
donative	12	13	987	3	do_native
durative	12	3	907	3	dur_ative
ergative	12	3	897	3	_ergative
forgetive	16	12	446	3	forgetive
formalise	14	23	978	3	formalise
formalize	23	27	1003	3	formalize
formamide	17	4	440	3	formamide
formate	12	31	1509	3	format__e
formation	14	3	942	3	formation
formatively	22	5	452	3	formatively
locative	13	3	868	3	lo_cative
narratives	13	4	479	3	narratives
native	9	6	1301	3	n___ative
negative	12	3	908	3	n_egative
nominative	15	9	768	3	nominative
nonactive	14	4	897	3	nonactive
noncreative	16	4	823	3	noncreative
nonmature	11	4	545	3	nonmature
nonmotile	11	4	623	3	nonmotile
nonnatives	13	4	564	3	nonnatives
nonnormative	17	5	486	3	~~non~~normative
nonreactive	16	4	595	3	nonreactive
nonrelative	14	5	683	3	nonrelative
normalised	13	23	688	3	normalised
normalises	12	22	850	3	normalises
normality	14	4	720	3	normality
normalized	22	35	882	3	normalized
normalizer	21	22	759	3	normalizer
normalizes	21	25	964	3	normalizes
normande	11	4	594	3	norma_nde
optative	13	4	765	3	_optative
orective	13	3	935	3	_orective
permeative	17	4	852	3	permeative
probative	16	4	917	3	probative
promotive	16	4	803	3	promotive
purgative	15	4	528	3	purgative
reformative	19	4	567	3	reformative
rotative	11	3	1034	3	ro_tative
sorptive	13	4	647	3	sor_ptive
summative	16	4	620	3	summative
uncreative	15	4	753	3	uncreative
vocative	16	3	791	3	vo_cative
vomitive	16	4	585	3	vo_mitive

Search took 10 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	148641	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	64	8.953	16602.4
3	Display Results	64	64	0.030	2133.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	9.483	18843.3