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

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

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33 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
osteologists	13	4	676	(None)
osteologist	12	4	856	1	osteologist_
ontologists	12	4	890	2	ont_ologists
osteologies	12	4	705	2	osteologi_es
otologists	11	4	963	2	o_t_ologists
anthologists	16	4	803	3	anthologists
cetologists	14	4	916	3	cet_ologists
cosmetologists	19	5	314	3	cosmetologists
cosmologists	17	4	641	3	cos_mologists
cytologists	17	4	801	3	cyt_ologists
ethologists	15	4	902	3	_ethologists
fetologists	15	4	799	3	fet_ologists
geologists	12	7	916	3	__geologists
histologists	16	4	629	3	hist_ologists
ideologists	13	4	665	3	_ideologists
metrologists	15	8	883	3	metrologists
museologists	15	4	474	3	museologists
mythologists	21	4	689	3	mythologists
neologists	11	3	977	3	__neologists
oncologists	14	4	807	3	o_ncologists
ontologist	11	4	1136	3	ont_ologist_
oologists	10	3	985	3	o___ologists
orologists	11	4	982	3	o__rologists
osteological	15	4	637	3	osteological
otologist	10	4	1281	3	o_t_ologist_
pathologists	18	4	837	3	pathologists
petrologists	15	5	914	3	petrologists
rheologists	15	4	731	3	_rheologists
serologists	12	4	1012	3	_serologists
sexologists	19	4	725	3	_sexologists
sinologists	12	5	767	3	_sinologists
sociologists	15	4	794	3	sociologists
teleologists	13	4	722	3	teleologists

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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	33	4.063	23387.6
3	Display Results	33	33	0.013	2538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	33	4.436	40282.0