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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ethologists” 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
ethologists	15	4	902	(None)
ethnologists	16	4	704	1	ethnologists
ethologist	14	4	1189	1	ethologist_
anthologists	16	4	803	2	anthologists
cetologists	14	4	916	2	cet_ologists
ecologists	13	3	1092	2	e_cologists
enologists	11	3	1062	2	e_nologists
ethnologist	15	4	926	2	ethnologist_
ethologies	14	3	1054	2	ethologi_es
etymologists	18	15	649	2	etymologists
fetologists	15	4	799	2	fet_ologists
metrologists	15	8	883	2	metrologists
mythologists	21	4	689	2	mythologists
otologists	11	4	963	2	ot_ologists
pathologists	18	4	837	2	pathologists
petrologists	15	5	914	2	petrologists

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	86808	16	2.140	40564.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	2.500	71476.4