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

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

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.

16 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
gerontologies	15	8	443	(None)
deontologies	14	4	541	2	de_ontologies
gerontologic	16	5	376	2	gerontologi_c
gerontologist	15	5	598	2	gerontologist
gerontologists	16	5	485	2	gerontologists
aerobiologies	16	5	505	3	aerobiologies
chronologies	18	4	641	3	chron_ologies
demonologies	16	4	550	3	demon_ologies
dermatologies	17	5	525	3	dermatologies
gerontological	18	5	417	3	gerontological
gerontology	16	5	336	3	gerontolog__y
herpetologies	19	5	346	3	herpetologies
neonatologies	14	5	382	3	ne_onatologies
ontologies	11	3	988	3	___ontologies
proctologies	17	4	631	3	_proctologies
teratologies	13	4	687	3	ter_atologies

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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	16	2.766	23815.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.108	57493.9