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

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

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36 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
gemmologists	18	4	523	(None)
gemmologist	17	4	654	1	gemmologist_
gemologists	15	7	788	1	ge_mologists
gemmologies	17	4	524	2	gemmologi_es
gemologist	14	10	1028	2	ge_mologist_
geologists	12	7	916	2	ge__ologists
semiologists	15	4	822	2	semiologists
cetologists	14	4	916	3	ce_tologists
cosmologists	17	4	641	3	cosmologists
demonologists	17	5	556	3	demonologists
ecologists	13	3	1092	3	_e_cologists
enologists	11	3	1062	3	_e_nologists
ethologists	15	4	902	3	_ethologists
etymologists	18	15	649	3	etymologists
fetologists	15	4	799	3	fe_tologists
gemologies	14	4	900	3	ge_mologi_es
genealogists	14	5	278	3	genealogists
geologist	11	6	1178	3	ge__ologist_
hematologists	19	21	705	3	hematologists
limnologists	15	4	532	3	limnologists
mammalogists	16	5	216	3	mammalogists
metrologists	15	8	883	3	metrologists
myologists	16	4	820	3	__myologists
necrologists	15	4	787	3	necrologists
nematologists	16	16	660	3	nematologists
neologists	11	3	977	3	ne__ologists
neurologists	13	4	764	3	neurologists
pedologists	15	4	827	3	pe_dologists
penologists	14	4	959	3	pe_nologists
petrologists	15	5	914	3	petrologists
pomologists	16	4	898	3	_pomologists
seismologists	16	12	419	3	seismologists
semiologist	14	4	1071	3	semiologist_
serologists	12	4	1012	3	se_rologists
sexologists	19	4	725	3	se_xologists
teleologists	13	4	722	3	teleologists

Search took 4 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	36	3.593	26447.0
3	Display Results	36	36	0.016	2250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	36	3.982	44874.7