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

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

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48 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
hydrobiologists	25	13	404	(None)
hydrobiologist	24	20	450	1	hydrobiologist_
hydrobiologies	24	7	380	2	hydrobiologi_es
astrobiologists	18	7	376	3	astrobiologists
hydrobiological	27	6	358	3	hydrobiological
hydrologists	20	4	609	3	hydr___ologists
microbiologists	22	13	481	3	microbiologists
neurobiologists	18	11	431	3	neurobiologists
radiobiologists	19	17	426	3	radiobiologists
astrobiologist	17	8	419	4	astrobiologist_
cryobiologists	22	5	410	4	_cryobiologists
exobiologists	23	5	532	4	__exobiologists
hydrobiology	25	6	278	4	hydrobiolog___y
hydrologist	19	4	833	4	hydr___ologist_
microbiologist	21	13	549	4	microbiologist_
neurobiologist	17	12	492	4	neurobiologist_
paleobiologists	20	11	573	4	paleobiologists
photobiologists	23	6	517	4	photobiologists
radiobiologist	18	15	467	4	radiobiologist_
sociobiologists	20	6	362	4	sociobiologists
aerobiologies	16	5	505	5	_aerobiologi_es
astrobiologies	17	6	326	5	astrobiologi_es
audiologists	14	4	561	5	aud___iologists
biologists	13	4	943	5	_____biologists
cardiologists	17	6	514	5	_car_diologists
chronobiologist	23	9	279	5	chronobiologist_
chronologists	19	6	611	5	_chro_nologists
cryobiologist	21	5	452	5	_cryobiologist_
deontologists	15	5	592	5	__deontologists
exobiologist	22	5	620	5	__exobiologist_
gerontologists	16	5	485	5	_gerontologists
herpetologists	20	8	363	5	h_erpetologists
horologists	15	4	896	5	h___o_rologists
hydrologies	19	4	818	5	hydr___ologi_es
microbiologies	21	6	498	5	microbiologi_es
myrmecologists	24	5	278	5	my_rmecologists
neurobiologies	17	6	391	5	neurobiologi_es
nonbiologists	16	6	472	5	__nonbiologists
paleobiologist	19	15	634	5	paleobiologist_
photobiologist	22	6	622	5	photobiologist_
physiologists	22	15	601	5	phy___siologists
proctologists	18	5	681	5	__proctologists
psychobiologist	28	7	436	5	psychobiologist_
radiobiologies	18	6	365	5	radiobiologi_es
radiologists	14	9	736	5	___radiologists
sociobiologist	19	6	404	5	sociobiologist_
sociologists	15	4	794	5	___sociologists
tribologists	15	4	616	5	__trib_ologists

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	65874	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	48	3.610	18247.6
3	Display Results	48	48	0.030	1600.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	48	3.970	45010.3