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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
petrology	15	4	733	(None)
metrology	15	4	680	1	metrology
aerology	12	3	874	2	ae_rology
aetiology	13	4	642	2	aetiology
astrology	13	4	614	2	astrology
cetology	14	7	760	2	cet_ology
ethology	15	4	725	2	_ethology
etiology	12	3	644	2	_etiology
fetology	15	6	644	2	fet_ology
necrology	15	4	621	2	necrology
neurology	13	4	657	2	neurology
pathology	18	4	693	2	pathology
pedology	15	21	690	2	pe_dology
penology	14	23	848	2	pe_nology
petrologic	15	4	773	2	petrologic
pyrology	17	13	682	2	p_yrology
serology	12	3	814	2	se_rology
tetralogy	13	4	416	2	tetralogy

Search took 5 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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.750	32382.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.156	42995.9