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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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20 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
ethologies	14	3	1054	(None)
ethnologies	15	4	798	1	ethnologies
etiologies	11	3	941	1	etiologies
aetiologies	12	4	898	2	aetiologies
anthologies	15	10	1201	2	anthologies
cetologies	13	4	1085	2	cet_ologies
ecologies	12	3	1235	2	e_cologies
enologies	10	3	1298	2	e_nologies
ethologist	14	4	1189	2	ethologist
ethologists	15	4	902	2	ethologists
etymologies	17	17	680	2	etymologies
fetologies	14	3	918	2	fet_ologies
lithologies	15	4	683	2	lithologies
metrologies	14	4	958	2	metrologies
mythologies	20	4	784	2	mythologies
nephologies	17	4	735	2	nephologies
otologies	10	3	1140	2	ot_ologies
pathologies	17	4	873	2	pathologies
petrologies	14	4	989	2	petrologies
theologies	14	10	1010	2	_theologies

Search took 4 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	108824	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	20	2.940	37015.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.312	53952.6