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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ethology” 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
ethology	15	4	725	(None)
ethnology	16	4	569	1	ethnology
etiology	12	3	644	1	etiology
aetiology	13	4	642	2	aetiology
anthology	16	4	679	2	anthology
cetology	14	7	760	2	cet_ology
ecology	13	21	882	2	e_cology
enology	11	23	981	2	e_nology
etymology	18	4	475	2	etymology
fetology	15	6	644	2	fet_ology
lithology	16	4	544	2	lithology
metrology	15	4	680	2	metrology
mythology	21	4	579	2	mythology
nephology	18	6	596	2	nephology
otology	11	30	875	2	ot_ology
pathology	18	4	694	2	pathology
petrology	15	4	733	2	petrology
theology	15	3	689	2	_theology

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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	4.080	29671.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.500	39709.1