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

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

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50 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
gerontologists	16	5	485	(None)
gerontologist	15	5	599	1	gerontologist_
deontologists	15	5	592	2	de_ontologists
gerontologies	15	8	443	2	gerontologi_es
chronologists	19	6	611	3	chron_ologists
demonologists	17	5	556	3	demon_ologists
deontologist	14	5	741	3	de_ontologist_
dermatologists	18	13	492	3	dermatologists
gerontologic	16	5	376	3	gerontologi__c
gerontological	18	5	417	3	gerontological
herpetologists	20	8	363	3	herpetologists
neonatologists	15	8	419	3	ne_onatologists
ontologists	12	4	890	3	___ontologists
proctologists	18	5	681	3	_proctologists
teratologists	14	9	659	3	ter_atologists
cetologists	14	4	916	4	ce___tologists
chronologist	18	5	762	4	chron_ologist_
cryptologists	21	5	523	4	_cryptologists
demonologist	16	5	705	4	demon_ologist_
deontologies	14	4	541	4	de_ontologi_es
dermatologist	17	8	646	4	dermatologist_
enologists	11	3	1062	4	_e__n_ologists
ethnologists	16	4	704	4	_ethn_ologists
exobiologists	23	5	532	4	_exobiologists
fetologists	15	4	799	4	fe___tologists
gemmologists	18	4	523	4	ge__mmologists
gemologists	15	7	788	4	ge___mologists
genealogists	14	5	278	4	ge__nealogists
geologists	12	7	916	4	ge____ologists
gerontology	16	5	336	4	gerontolog___y
graphologists	20	12	383	4	g_raphologists
hematologists	19	21	705	4	he_matologists
herpetologist	19	8	479	4	herpetologist_
monologists	14	4	1007	4	__mon_ologists
narratologists	15	5	321	4	narratologists
nematologists	16	16	660	4	ne_matologists
neonatologist	14	13	535	4	ne_onatologist_
neurobiologists	18	11	431	4	neurobiologists
oncologists	14	4	807	4	___oncologists
ontologist	11	4	1136	4	___ontologist_
otologists	11	4	963	4	___o_tologists
paleontologists	18	8	452	4	paleontologists
penologists	14	4	959	4	pe__n_ologists
phonologists	18	4	877	4	_phon_ologists
phrenologists	19	5	629	4	phren_ologists
proctologist	17	5	896	4	_proctologist_
selenologists	14	5	533	4	selen_ologists
serologists	12	4	1012	4	ser___ologists
technologists	19	12	570	4	techn_ologists
teratologist	13	10	857	4	ter_atologist_

Search took 8 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	50	6.610	9965.8
3	Display Results	50	50	0.033	1515.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	50	6.986	25578.4