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

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

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60 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
exobiologists	23	5	532	(None)
exobiologist	22	5	620	1	exobiologist_
exobiologies	22	5	440	2	exobiologi_es
biologists	13	4	943	3	___biologists
cryobiologists	22	5	410	3	cryobiologists
exobiological	25	5	472	3	exobiological
neurobiologists	18	11	431	3	neurobiologists
nonbiologists	16	6	472	3	nonbiologists
sociologists	15	4	794	3	_sociologists
aerobiologies	16	5	505	4	aerobiologi_es
astrobiologists	18	7	376	4	astrobiologists
audiologists	14	4	561	4	_audiologists
biologisms	15	4	534	4	___biologisms
biologist	12	4	1234	4	___biologist_
cardiologists	17	6	514	4	cardiologists
cosmologists	17	4	641	4	_cosmologists
cryobiologist	21	5	452	4	cryobiologist_
demonologists	17	5	556	4	demo_nologists
deontologists	15	5	592	4	deontologists
ecologists	13	3	1092	4	e___cologists
embryologists	21	5	312	4	embryologists
enologists	11	3	1062	4	e___nologists
entomologists	16	5	566	4	entomologists
enzymologists	28	7	311	4	enzymologists
escapologists	18	5	334	4	escapologists
ethnologists	16	4	704	4	e_thnologists
ethologists	15	4	902	4	e__thologists
etymologists	18	15	649	4	e_tymologists
exobiology	23	5	322	4	exobiolog___y
gerontologists	16	5	485	4	gerontologists
glaciologists	17	5	394	4	glaciologists
horologists	15	4	896	4	_ho_rologists
hydrobiologists	25	13	404	4	hydrobiologists
lexicologists	23	7	415	4	lex_icologists
microbiologists	22	13	481	4	microbiologists
monologists	14	4	1007	4	_mo_nologists
neurobiologist	17	12	492	4	neurobiologist_
nonbiologist	15	5	591	4	nonbiologist_
oncologists	14	4	807	4	__oncologists
ontologists	12	4	890	4	__ontologists
oologists	10	3	985	4	__o__ologists
orologists	11	4	982	4	__o_rologists
otologists	11	4	963	4	__o_tologists
paleobiologists	20	11	573	4	paleobiologists
phonologists	18	4	877	4	pho_nologists
photobiologists	23	6	517	4	photobiologists
physiologists	22	15	601	4	physiologists
pomologists	16	4	898	4	_po_mologists
proctologists	18	5	681	4	proctologists
radiobiologists	19	17	427	4	radiobiologists
radiologists	14	9	737	4	_radiologists
semiologists	15	4	822	4	_semiologists
sexologists	19	4	725	4	sex___ologists
sociobiologists	20	6	362	4	sociobiologists
sociologist	14	4	988	4	_sociologist_
topologists	14	4	786	4	_to_pologists
toxicologists	23	5	398	4	toxicologists
tribologists	15	4	616	4	trib_ologists
vexillologists	25	9	174	4	vexillologists
zoologists	20	4	717	4	_zo__ologists

Search took 6 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	60	4.953	19185.1
3	Display Results	60	60	0.046	1304.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	60	5.359	33344.1