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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hydrobiologist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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51 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
hydrobiologist	24	20	450	(None)
hydrobiologists	25	13	404	1	hydrobiologists
hydrobiologies	24	7	380	2	hydrobiologies
astrobiologist	17	8	419	3	astrobiologist
hydrobiological	27	6	358	3	hydrobiological
hydrobiology	25	6	278	3	hydrobiolog__y
hydrologist	19	4	833	3	hydr___ologist
microbiologist	21	13	549	3	microbiologist
neurobiologist	17	12	492	3	neurobiologist
radiobiologist	18	15	467	3	radiobiologist
astrobiologists	18	7	376	4	astrobiologists
chronobiologist	23	9	279	4	chronobiologist
cryobiologist	21	5	452	4	_cryobiologist
exobiologist	22	5	620	4	__exobiologist
hydrologists	20	4	609	4	hydr___ologists
microbiologists	22	13	481	4	microbiologists
neurobiologists	18	11	431	4	neurobiologists
paleobiologist	19	15	634	4	paleobiologist
photobiologist	22	6	622	4	photobiologist
psychobiologist	28	7	436	4	psychobiologist
radiobiologists	19	17	426	4	radiobiologists
sociobiologist	19	6	404	4	sociobiologist
aerobiologies	16	5	505	5	_aerobiologies
astrobiologies	17	6	326	5	astrobiologies
audiologist	13	4	724	5	aud___iologist
biologist	12	4	1234	5	_____biologist
cardiologist	16	5	661	5	_car_diologist
chronologist	18	5	762	5	_chro_nologist
cryobiologists	22	5	410	5	_cryobiologists
deontologist	14	5	741	5	__deontologist
exobiologists	23	5	532	5	__exobiologists
gerontologist	15	5	598	5	_gerontologist
herpetologist	19	8	479	5	h_erpetologist
horologist	14	4	1236	5	h___o_rologist
hydrologic	20	4	667	5	hydr___ologi_c
hydrologies	19	4	818	5	hydr___ologies
microbiologic	22	6	452	5	microbiologi_c
microbiologies	21	6	498	5	microbiologies
myrmecologist	23	5	331	5	my_rmecologist
neurobiologies	17	6	391	5	neurobiologies
nonbiologist	15	5	591	5	__nonbiologist
paleobiologists	20	11	573	5	paleobiologists
photobiologists	23	6	517	5	photobiologists
physiologist	21	15	732	5	phy___siologist
proctologist	17	5	896	5	__proctologist
radiobiologic	19	6	353	5	radiobiologi_c
radiobiologies	18	6	365	5	radiobiologies
radiologist	13	9	949	5	___radiologist
sociobiologists	20	6	362	5	sociobiologists
sociologist	14	4	988	5	___sociologist
tribologist	14	4	772	5	__trib_ologist

Search took 7 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	51	6.093	15595.6
3	Display Results	51	51	0.046	1108.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	51	6.499	27495.2