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

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

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.

18 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
gemologists	15	7	788	(None)
gemmologists	18	4	523	1	gemmologists
gemologist	14	10	1028	1	gemologist_
geologists	12	7	916	1	ge_ologists
cetologists	14	4	916	2	cetologists
ecologists	13	3	1092	2	_ecologists
enologists	11	3	1062	2	_enologists
fetologists	15	4	799	2	fetologists
gemmologist	17	4	654	2	gemmologist_
gemologies	14	4	900	2	gemologi_es
geologist	11	6	1178	2	ge_ologist_
neologists	11	3	977	2	ne_ologists
pedologists	15	4	827	2	pedologists
penologists	14	4	959	2	penologists
pomologists	16	4	898	2	pomologists
semiologists	15	4	822	2	semiologists
serologists	12	4	1012	2	serologists
sexologists	19	4	725	2	sexologists

Search took 3 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	86808	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	86808	18	2.076	41815.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.435	73384.4