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

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

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59 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
malacologist	17	5	563	(None)
malacologists	18	5	440	1	malacologists
malacologies	17	5	438	2	malacologies
malariologist	16	9	392	2	malariologist
algologist	12	4	824	3	_al_gologist
glaciologist	16	5	489	3	_glaciologist
malacological	20	5	397	3	malacological
malacology	18	5	389	3	malacolog__y
malariologists	17	7	335	3	malariologists
musicologist	17	5	428	3	musicologist
mycologist	18	4	1035	3	m__ycologist
palynologist	18	5	630	3	palynologist
algologists	13	4	614	4	_al_gologists
analogist	10	4	1023	4	_ana__logist
anthologist	15	4	1046	4	_anthologist
apologist	12	4	1240	4	___apologist
audiologist	13	4	724	4	_audiologist
campanologist	20	5	338	4	campanologist
cardiologist	16	5	662	4	cardiologist
dialectologist	18	8	268	4	dialectologist
ecologist	12	3	1414	4	___ecologist
escapologist	17	5	448	4	escapologist
glaciologists	17	5	394	4	_glaciologists
gynecologist	19	5	457	4	gynecologist
hematologist	18	21	920	4	hematologist
lexicologist	22	9	491	4	lexicologist
malapropist	17	6	314	4	mala_propist
malariologies	16	5	274	4	malariologies
mammalogist	15	5	306	4	ma_mmalogist
martyrologist	19	5	332	4	martyrologist
metrologist	14	5	1123	4	m_etrologist
mixologist	20	4	769	4	m__ixologist
monologist	13	4	1361	4	m__onologist
morphologist	20	5	550	4	morphologist
museologist	14	4	580	4	m_useologist
musicologists	18	5	354	4	musicologists
mycologists	19	4	773	4	m__ycologists
myologist	15	4	1109	4	m___yologist
myrmecologist	23	5	331	4	myrmecologist
mythologist	20	5	900	4	m_ythologist
narratologist	14	5	383	4	narratologist
nematologist	15	20	847	4	nematologist
oceanologist	15	5	568	4	oceanologist
oncologist	13	4	1041	4	__oncologist
paleoecologist	19	11	472	4	paleoecologist
palynologists	19	5	499	4	palynologists
papyrologist	20	5	509	4	papyrologist
pathologist	17	4	1066	4	pa_thologist
pharmacologist	24	6	417	4	pharmacologist
phycologist	22	5	918	4	_phycologist
radiologist	13	9	950	4	ra_diologist
selenologist	13	5	700	4	selenologist
teleologist	12	4	938	4	tel_eologist
teratologist	13	10	857	4	teratologist
thanatologist	17	5	361	4	thanatologist
toxicologist	22	5	483	4	toxicologist
urbanologist	15	5	404	4	urbanologist
volcanologist	19	9	316	4	volcanologist
vulcanologist	19	8	270	4	vulcanologist

Search took 8 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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	59	6.673	18700.7
3	Display Results	59	59	0.030	1966.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	7.109	25135.9