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

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

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31 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
hydrologists	20	4	609	(None)
hydrologist	19	4	833	1	hydrologist_
horologists	15	4	896	2	h_orologists
hydrologies	19	4	818	2	hydrologi_es
audiologists	14	4	561	3	audiologists
cytologists	17	4	801	3	cy_tologists
dendrologists	16	5	408	3	dendrologists
geohydrologists	24	6	152	3	~~geo~~hydrologists
histologists	16	4	629	3	histologists
horologist	14	4	1236	3	h_orologist_
hydrobiologists	25	13	404	3	hydr~~obi~~ologists
hydrologic	20	4	667	3	hydrologi__c
hydrological	22	4	648	3	hydrological
ideologists	13	4	665	3	_ideologists
metrologists	15	8	883	3	metrologists
mycologists	19	4	773	3	my_cologists
myologists	16	4	820	3	my__ologists
mythologists	21	4	689	3	mythologists
necrologists	15	4	787	3	necrologists
neurologists	13	4	764	3	neurologists
orologists	11	4	982	3	__orologists
pedologists	15	4	827	3	ped_ologists
petrologists	15	5	914	3	petrologists
phycologists	23	6	713	3	phy_cologists
physiologists	22	15	601	3	physiologists
prologists	13	3	1117	3	__prologists
radiologists	14	9	736	3	radiologists
serologists	12	4	1012	3	_serologists
typologists	17	4	681	3	ty_pologists
urologists	11	4	841	3	__urologists
virologists	15	4	663	3	_virologists

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	31	3.330	28535.7
3	Display Results	31	31	0.013	2384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	31	3.703	48255.7