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

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

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
petrologist	14	7	1188	(None)
metrologist	14	5	1123	1	metrologist
petrologists	15	5	914	1	petrologists
cetologist	13	4	1225	2	cet_ologist
ethologist	14	4	1189	2	_ethologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	2	fet_ologist
metrologists	15	8	883	2	metrologists
necrologist	14	4	1013	2	necrologist
neurologist	12	4	998	2	neurologist
pathologist	17	4	1066	2	pathologist
pedologist	14	4	1086	2	pe_dologist
penologist	13	4	1284	2	pe_nologist
petrologic	15	4	773	2	petrologi_c
petrologies	14	4	989	2	petrologies
prologist	12	3	1508	2	p__rologist
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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	86808	16	2.513	34543.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	2.875	62153.4