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

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

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52 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
periodontists	16	6	255	(None)
periodontist	15	6	340	1	periodontist_
periodontics	17	6	244	2	periodonti_cs
endodontists	14	6	229	3	_endodontists
exodontists	19	5	222	3	_e_xodontists
endodontist	13	6	296	4	_endodontist_
exodontist	18	5	301	4	_e_xodontist_
orthodontists	17	6	240	4	orthodontists
peridotite	13	5	492	4	peri_do_ti_te
peridotites	14	5	426	4	peri_do_tites
periodontal	14	6	316	4	periodont__al
periodontally	19	6	217	4	periodontally
periostitises	15	5	314	4	periostitises
peritonitises	15	7	333	4	peri_tonitises
aeronomists	13	5	563	5	aer_ono_mists
cartoonists	13	8	440	5	carto_on_ists
endodontics	15	5	218	5	_endodonti_cs
ergonomists	14	7	351	5	_ergono_mists
exodontias	18	7	224	5	_e_xodonti_as
hedonists	13	4	605	5	he___don_ists
irredentists	13	6	269	5	_irredentists
operationists	15	5	605	5	operation_ists
orthodontist	16	6	320	5	orthodontist_
parodists	12	4	851	5	par_od___ists
partitionists	15	5	476	5	partition_ists
pedologists	15	4	827	5	pe_dolo_gists
penologists	14	4	959	5	pe_nolo_gists
perfusionists	18	6	311	5	perfusion_ists
peridotic	14	4	648	5	peri_do_ti__c
peridotitic	16	5	303	5	peri_do_titic
peridots	11	3	832	5	peri_do____ts
periodates	13	4	786	5	period_at__es
periodicities	18	5	490	5	periodicities
periodicity	19	5	420	5	period_ici_ty
periodids	13	4	564	5	period___i_ds
periodizations	26	5	557	5	periodizations
periodontology	21	7	109	5	periodontology
periostitis	13	5	415	5	peri__ostitis
peritonitis	13	5	510	5	peri_ton_itis
personalists	14	7	650	5	perso_nalists
petrologists	15	5	914	5	petrolo_gists
precisionists	17	5	463	5	precision_ists
privatists	15	17	605	5	p_ri__vatists
prologists	13	3	1117	5	p_r_olo_gists
prosodists	13	4	594	5	p_r_oso_dists
prosthodontists	21	7	114	5	prosthodontists
protists	10	3	1336	5	p_r___o_tists
pteridologists	18	13	372	5	pteridologists
religionists	13	5	439	5	religion_ists
revisionists	15	14	481	5	revision_ists
semiologists	15	4	822	5	semiolo_gists
serologists	12	4	1012	5	ser_olo_gists

Search took 10 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	52	8.766	14235.7
3	Display Results	52	52	0.030	1733.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	9.186	19452.5