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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
ethologist	14	4	1189	(None)
ethnologist	15	4	926	1	ethnologist
ethologists	15	4	902	1	ethologists
anthologist	15	4	1046	2	anthologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	2	cet_ologist
ecologist	12	3	1414	2	e_cologist
enologist	10	3	1412	2	e_nologist
ethnologists	16	4	704	2	ethnologists
ethologies	14	3	1054	2	ethologies
etymologist	17	15	802	2	etymologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	2	fet_ologist
metrologist	14	5	1123	2	metrologist
mythologist	20	5	900	2	mythologist
otologist	10	4	1281	2	ot_ologist
pathologist	17	4	1066	2	pathologist
petrologist	14	7	1188	2	petrologist

Search took 7 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	0.813	219792.1
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	16	6.000	18137.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.829	26166.5