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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “astrobiologist” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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62 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
astrobiologist	17	8	419	(None)
astrobiologists	18	7	376	1	astrobiologists
astrobiologies	17	6	326	2	astrobiologies
astrobiology	18	8	240	3	astrobiolog__y
hydrobiologist	24	20	450	3	hydrobiologist
microbiologist	21	13	549	3	microbiologist
neurobiologist	17	12	492	3	neurobiologist
aerobiologies	16	5	505	4	a_erobiologies
anthropologist	20	6	442	4	anthro_pologist
cryobiologist	21	5	452	4	_cryobiologist
exobiologist	22	5	620	4	__exobiologist
hydrobiologists	25	13	404	4	hydrobiologists
microbiologists	22	13	481	4	microbiologists
neurobiologists	18	11	431	4	neurobiologists
paleobiologist	19	15	634	4	paleobiologist
photobiologist	22	6	622	4	photobiologist
psychobiologist	28	7	436	4	psychobiologist
radiobiologist	18	15	467	4	radiobiologist
sociobiologist	19	6	404	4	sociobiologist
sociologist	14	4	988	4	_s__ociologist
tribologist	14	4	772	4	__trib_ologist
aerobiological	19	5	513	5	a_erobiological
aerobiology	17	5	395	5	a_erobiolog__y
anthologist	15	4	1046	5	ant___hologist
anthropologists	21	8	341	5	anthro_pologists
astrologies	12	4	792	5	astr___ologies
audiologist	13	4	724	5	a___udiologist
bacteriologist	19	6	369	5	bact_eriologist
biologist	12	4	1234	5	_____biologist
cardiologist	16	5	661	5	_car_diologist
chronobiologist	23	9	279	5	chronobiologist
chronologist	18	5	762	5	_chro_nologist
cryobiologists	22	5	410	5	_cryobiologists
entomologist	15	5	697	5	ent_o_mologist
exobiologists	23	5	532	5	__exobiologists
gerontologist	15	5	598	5	_gerontologist
hydrobiologies	24	7	380	5	hydrobiologies
liturgiologist	16	13	185	5	liturgiologist
malariologist	16	9	392	5	malar__iologist
meteorologist	16	5	487	5	meteo_rologist
methodologist	20	5	431	5	metho_dologist
metrologist	14	5	1122	5	metr___ologist
microbiologic	22	6	452	5	microbiologi_c
microbiologies	21	6	498	5	microbiologies
neurobiologies	17	6	391	5	neurobiologies
nonbiologist	15	5	591	5	__nonbiologist
osteologist	12	4	856	5	ost___eologist
paleobiologists	20	11	573	5	paleobiologists
pathobiologies	22	7	419	5	pathobiologies
petrologist	14	7	1188	5	petr___ologist
photobiologists	23	6	517	5	photobiologists
proctologist	17	5	896	5	__proctologist
radiobiologists	19	17	426	5	radiobiologists
radiologist	13	9	949	5	___radiologist
semiologist	14	4	1071	5	_s__emiologist
serologist	11	4	1315	5	_ser___ologist
sociobiologists	20	6	362	5	sociobiologists
sociologists	15	4	794	5	_s__ociologists
topologist	13	4	1064	5	__t_o_pologist
toxicologist	22	5	483	5	__t_oxicologist
tribologists	15	4	616	5	__trib_ologists
trichologist	18	5	674	5	__trichologist

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	95024	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	62	7.000	13574.9
3	Display Results	62	62	0.046	1347.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	62	7.419	24085.6