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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
speleologies	15	5	388	(None)
paleologies	14	4	858	2	_paleologies
selenologies	13	4	528	2	s_elenologies
speleologist	15	5	574	2	speleologist
speleologists	16	5	432	2	speleologists
stereologies	13	4	591	2	stereologies
teleologies	12	4	751	2	_teleologies
pedologies	14	3	934	3	_pe_dologies
penologies	13	3	1123	3	_pe_nologies
petrologies	14	4	989	3	_petrologies
phlebologies	20	5	465	3	_phlebologies
psephologies	20	4	484	3	psephologies
semeiologies	15	4	530	3	s_emeiologies
semiologies	14	4	880	3	s_emiologies
serologies	11	3	1133	3	s_e_rologies
sexologies	18	3	771	3	s_e_xologies
speleological	18	5	391	3	speleological
speleology	16	5	301	3	speleolog__y

Search took 5 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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	18	3.643	26084.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.015	44505.9