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]

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77 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
algologists	13	4	614	3	algologists
anthologist	15	4	1046	3	anthologist_
apologists	13	4	888	3	_apologists
biologists	13	4	943	3	_biologists
bryologists	17	4	570	3	bryologists
cetologist	13	4	1225	3	cet_ologist_
cytologists	17	4	801	3	cytologists
ecologist	12	3	1414	3	e_cologist_
enologist	10	3	1412	3	e_nologist_
entomologists	16	5	566	3	entomologists
ethnologies	15	4	798	3	ethnologi_es
ethological	17	4	819	3	ethological
etiologies	11	3	941	3	etiologi_es
etymologises	18	17	473	3	etymologises
etymologist	17	15	802	3	etymologist_
eulogists	10	4	665	3	e__ulogists
fetologist	14	4	1040	3	fet_ologist_
gemmologists	18	4	523	3	gemmologists
gemologists	15	7	788	3	gemologists
geologists	12	7	916	3	_geologists
horologists	15	4	896	3	horologists
ideologists	13	4	665	3	ideologists
methodologists	21	5	347	3	methodologists
metrologist	14	5	1123	3	metrologist_
mixologists	21	4	568	3	mixologists
monologists	14	4	1007	3	monologists
mycologists	19	4	773	3	mycologists
myologists	16	4	820	3	_myologists
mythologist	20	5	900	3	mythologist_
necrologists	15	4	787	3	necrologists
neologists	11	3	977	3	_neologists
nephrologists	19	5	498	3	nephrologists
neurologists	13	4	764	3	neurologists
ologists	9	3	944	3	___ologists
oncologists	14	4	807	3	oncologists
ontologists	12	4	890	3	ontologists
oologists	10	3	985	3	__oologists
orologists	11	4	982	3	_orologists
osteologists	13	4	676	3	osteologists
otologist	10	4	1281	3	ot_ologist_
pathologist	17	4	1066	3	pathologist_
pedologists	15	4	827	3	pedologists
penologists	14	4	959	3	penologists
petrologist	14	7	1188	3	petrologist_
pomologists	16	4	898	3	pomologists
prologists	13	3	1117	3	_prologists
psephologists	21	5	529	3	psephologists
rheologists	15	4	731	3	rheologists
semiologists	15	4	822	3	semiologists
serologists	12	4	1012	3	serologists
sexologists	19	4	725	3	sexologists
sinologists	12	5	767	3	sinologists
technologists	19	12	570	3	technologists
teleologists	13	4	722	3	teleologists
theologises	15	10	673	3	_theologises
topologists	14	4	786	3	topologists
typologists	17	4	681	3	typologists
ufologists	14	4	542	3	_ufologists
urologists	11	4	841	3	_urologists
virologists	15	4	663	3	virologists
zoologists	20	4	717	3	_zoologists

Search took 6 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	77	4.983	24409.6
3	Display Results	77	77	0.046	1673.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	77	5.422	32956.7