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

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

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80 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
ethologist	14	4	1189	(None)
ethnologist	15	4	926	1	ethnologist
ethologists	15	4	902	1	ethologists
anthologist	15	4	1046	2	anthologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	2	cet_ologist
ecologist	12	3	1414	2	e_cologist
enologist	10	3	1412	2	e_nologist
ethnologists	16	4	704	2	ethnologists
ethologies	14	3	1054	2	ethologies
etymologist	17	15	802	2	etymologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	2	fet_ologist
metrologist	14	5	1123	2	metrologist
mythologist	20	5	900	2	mythologist
otologist	10	4	1281	2	ot_ologist
pathologist	17	4	1066	2	pathologist
petrologist	14	7	1188	2	petrologist
algologist	12	4	824	3	algologist
anthologists	16	4	803	3	anthologists
apologist	12	4	1240	3	_apologist
biologist	12	4	1234	3	_biologist
bryologist	16	4	738	3	bryologist
cetologists	14	4	916	3	cet_ologists
cytologist	16	4	1053	3	cytologist
ecologists	13	3	1092	3	e_cologists
enologists	11	3	1062	3	e_nologists
entomologist	15	5	697	3	entomologist
ethnologic	16	4	572	3	ethnologi_c
ethnologies	15	4	798	3	ethnologies
ethological	17	4	819	3	ethological
ethology	15	4	725	3	etholog__y
etiologic	12	4	678	3	etiologi_c
etiologies	11	3	941	3	etiologies
etymologise	17	18	525	3	etymologise
etymologists	18	15	649	3	etymologists
eulogist	9	4	904	3	e__ulogist
fetologists	15	4	799	3	fet_ologists
gemmologist	17	4	654	3	gemmologist
gemologist	14	10	1028	3	gemologist
geologist	11	6	1178	3	_geologist
horologist	14	4	1236	3	horologist
ideologist	12	4	853	3	ideologist
methodologist	20	5	431	3	methodologist
metrologists	15	8	883	3	metrologists
mixologist	20	4	769	3	mixologist
monologist	13	4	1361	3	monologist
mycologist	18	4	1035	3	mycologist
myologist	15	4	1109	3	_myologist
mythologists	21	4	689	3	mythologists
necrologist	14	4	1013	3	necrologist
neologist	10	7	1281	3	_neologist
nephrologist	18	5	630	3	nephrologist
neurologist	12	4	998	3	neurologist
ologist	8	3	1383	3	___ologist
oncologist	13	4	1041	3	oncologist
ontologist	11	4	1136	3	ontologist
oologist	9	3	1349	3	__oologist
orologist	10	3	1310	3	_orologist
osteologist	12	4	856	3	osteologist
otologists	11	4	963	3	ot_ologists
pathologists	18	4	837	3	pathologists
pedologist	14	4	1086	3	pedologist
penologist	13	4	1284	3	penologist
petrologists	15	5	914	3	petrologists
pomologist	15	4	1204	3	pomologist
prologist	12	3	1508	3	_prologist
psephologist	20	5	660	3	psephologist
rheologist	14	4	953	3	rheologist
semiologist	14	4	1071	3	semiologist
serologist	11	4	1315	3	serologist
sexologist	18	4	951	3	sexologist
sinologist	11	5	1066	3	sinologist
technologist	18	13	740	3	technologist
teleologist	12	4	938	3	teleologist
theologise	14	11	774	3	_theologise
topologist	13	4	1064	3	topologist
typologist	16	4	889	3	typologist
ufologist	13	4	705	3	_ufologist
urologist	10	4	1105	3	_urologist
virologist	14	4	881	3	virologist
zoologist	19	4	969	3	_zoologist

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	80	6.593	21326.1
3	Display Results	80	80	0.033	2424.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	7.032	25411.1