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

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

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38 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
herpetologist	19	8	479	(None)
herpetologists	20	8	363	1	herpetologists
herpetologies	19	5	346	2	herpetologies
dermatologist	17	8	646	3	dermatologist
gerontologist	15	5	598	3	gerontologist
hematologist	18	21	920	3	he_matologist
herpetological	22	5	332	3	herpetological
herpetology	20	5	306	3	herpetolog__y
teratologist	13	10	857	3	ter_atologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	4	___cetologist
cosmetologist	18	5	397	4	cosmetologist
cryptologist	20	5	643	4	_cryptologist
deontologist	14	5	741	4	de_ontologist
dermatologists	18	13	492	4	dermatologists
diabetologist	17	13	314	4	diabetologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	4	___fetologist
gerontologists	16	5	485	4	gerontologists
hematologists	19	21	705	4	he_matologists
histologist	15	4	798	4	h__istologist
horologist	14	4	1236	4	hor___ologist
morphologist	20	5	550	4	morp_hologist
myrmecologist	23	5	331	4	myrmecologist
narratologist	14	5	383	4	narratologist
nematologist	15	20	847	4	ne_matologist
neonatologist	14	13	535	4	neonatologist
nephrologist	18	5	630	4	ne_phrologist
pedologist	14	4	1086	4	___pedologist
penologist	13	4	1284	4	___penologist
petrologist	14	7	1188	4	___petrologist
phrenologist	18	5	791	4	phr_enologist
planetologist	16	6	450	4	planetologist
proctologist	17	5	896	4	_proctologist
rheologist	14	4	953	4	__rhe_ologist
rheumatologist	20	6	285	4	rheumatologist
selenologist	13	5	700	4	se_lenologist
serologist	11	4	1315	4	ser___ologist
teleologist	12	4	938	4	te_le_ologist
teratologists	14	9	659	4	ter_atologists

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	95024	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	38	5.216	18217.8
3	Display Results	38	38	0.033	1151.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	5.375	33244.8