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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “metrologist” 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.

13 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
metrologist	14	5	1122	(None)
metrologists	15	8	883	1	metrologists
petrologist	14	7	1188	1	petrologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	2	cet_ologist
ethologist	14	4	1189	2	_ethologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	2	fet_ologist
meteorologist	16	5	487	2	meteorologist
metrologies	14	4	958	2	metrologies
mythologist	20	5	899	2	mythologist
necrologist	14	4	1012	2	necrologist
neurologist	12	4	998	2	neurologist
petrologists	15	5	914	2	petrologists
serologist	11	4	1315	2	se_rologist

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	13	2.390	36321.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	2.733	65382.7