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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gemologist” 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
gemologist	14	10	1028	(None)
gemmologist	17	4	654	1	gemmologist
gemologists	15	7	788	1	gemologists
geologist	11	6	1178	1	ge_ologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	2	cetologist
ecologist	12	3	1414	2	_ecologist
enologist	10	3	1412	2	_enologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	2	fetologist
gemmologists	18	4	523	2	gemmologists
gemologies	14	4	900	2	gemologies
geologists	12	7	916	2	ge_ologists
neologist	10	7	1281	2	ne_ologist
pedologist	14	4	1086	2	pedologist
penologist	13	4	1284	2	penologist
pomologist	15	4	1204	2	pomologist
semiologist	14	4	1071	2	semiologist
serologist	11	4	1315	2	serologist
sexologist	18	4	951	2	sexologist

Search took 4 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	108824	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	18	3.190	34114.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.563	50151.8