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

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

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.

19 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
proctologist	17	5	896	(None)
proctologists	18	5	681	1	proctologists
proctologic	18	5	530	2	proctologi_c
proctologies	17	4	631	2	proctologies
cryptologist	20	5	643	3	cryptologist
deontologist	14	5	741	3	deontologist
gerontologist	15	5	598	3	gerontologist
ontologist	11	4	1136	3	__ontologist
otologist	10	4	1281	3	__o_tologist
phonologist	17	4	1156	3	pho_nologist
phycologist	22	5	918	3	phyc_ologist
pomologist	15	4	1204	3	p_o_mologist
primatologist	18	17	531	3	primatologist
proctological	20	5	582	3	proctological
proctology	18	4	540	3	proctolog__y
prologist	12	3	1508	3	pr___ologist
psychologist	23	10	911	3	psychologist
sociologist	14	4	988	3	_sociologist
trichologist	18	5	674	3	trichologist

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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	19	3.703	25661.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.075	43850.6