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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bacteriologist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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67 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
bacteriologist	19	6	369	(None)
bacteriologists	20	6	325	1	bacteriologists
bacteriologic	20	6	234	2	bacteriologi_c
bacteriologies	19	5	282	2	bacteriologies
bacteriological	22	8	286	3	bacteriological
bacteriology	20	5	288	3	bacteriolog__y
bacteriolysis	20	6	180	3	bacteriolysis_
bacteriolyses	20	6	182	4	bacteriolyses_
bacteriolytic	22	6	164	4	bacteriolyti_c
ecclesiologist	19	6	260	4	ecclesiologist
malariologist	16	9	392	4	ma_lariologist
martyrologist	19	5	332	4	martyr_ologist
pteridologist	17	14	460	4	__pteridologist
watercolorist	18	18	254	4	wa_tercolorist
angelologist	14	5	416	5	_ange_lologist
anthologist	15	4	1046	5	_ant__hologist
anthropologist	20	6	442	5	_anthropologist
astrobiologist	17	8	419	5	_astrobiologist
audiologist	13	4	724	5	_a__udiologist
bacterials	14	4	633	5	bacterial___s_
bacteriocin	17	6	265	5	bacteri__oci_n
bacteriocins	18	6	248	5	bacteri__ocins
bacteriophages	24	19	163	5	bacteriophages_
bacteriophagies	25	7	135	5	bacteriophagies
bacteriostasis	18	15	142	5	bacteriostasis
bacteriostat	16	11	223	5	bacteri__ostat
bacteriostats	17	16	170	5	bacteriostats_
biologist	12	4	1234	5	b_____iologist
biotechnologist	23	7	156	5	biotechnologist
bryologist	16	4	738	5	b____ryologist
cardiologist	16	5	661	5	__cardiologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	5	__c_e_tologist
ecclesiologists	20	6	235	5	ecclesiologists
electrologist	16	5	704	5	elect_r_ologist
epidemiologist	20	6	276	5	epidemiologist
futurologist	16	7	350	5	_futur_ologist
glaciologist	16	5	489	5	glac___iologist
lichenologist	19	7	391	5	liche_nologist
liturgiologist	16	13	185	5	_liturgiologist
malariologists	17	7	335	5	ma_lariologists
martyrologists	20	6	289	5	martyr_ologists
materialist	13	4	951	5	ma_terial__ist
meteorologist	16	5	487	5	_meteorologist
metrologist	14	5	1122	5	_met_r_ologist
microbiologist	21	13	549	5	microbiologist
necrologist	14	4	1012	5	nec__r_ologist
numerologist	15	7	491	5	_numer_ologist
oceanologist	15	5	568	5	_oc_eanologist
osteologist	12	4	856	5	_oste__ologist
paleobiologist	19	15	634	5	paleobiologist
papyrologist	20	5	509	5	pa_pyr_ologist
pathologist	17	4	1066	5	pa_t__hologist
petrologist	14	7	1188	5	_pet_r_ologist
photobiologist	22	6	622	5	photobiologist
pteridologists	18	13	372	5	__pteridologists
radiobiologist	18	15	467	5	radiobiologist
radiologist	13	9	949	5	ra___diologist
semiologist	14	4	1071	5	___semiologist
serologist	11	4	1315	5	___ser_ologist
sociobiologist	19	6	404	5	sociobiologist
sociologist	14	4	988	5	soc___iologist
soteriologies	14	5	387	5	_soteriologies
teleologist	12	4	938	5	___teleologist
teratologist	13	10	857	5	___teratologist
tribologist	14	4	772	5	___t_ribologist
victimologist	21	6	262	5	vict_imologist
watercolorists	19	15	203	5	wa_tercolorists

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	67	6.720	14140.5
3	Display Results	67	67	0.046	1456.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	7.126	25075.9