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

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

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38 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
herpetologists	20	8	363	(None)
herpetologist	19	8	479	1	herpetologist_
herpetologies	19	5	346	2	herpetologi_es
dermatologists	18	13	492	3	dermatologists
gerontologists	16	5	485	3	gerontologists
hematologists	19	21	705	3	he_matologists
herpetological	22	5	332	3	herpetological
teratologists	14	9	659	3	ter_atologists
cetologists	14	4	916	4	___cetologists
cosmetologists	19	5	314	4	cosmetologists
cryptologists	21	5	523	4	_cryptologists
deontologists	15	5	592	4	de_ontologists
dermatologist	17	8	646	4	dermatologist_
diabetologists	18	12	281	4	diabetologists
fetologists	15	4	799	4	___fetologists
gerontologist	15	5	599	4	gerontologist_
hematologist	18	21	920	4	he_matologist_
herpetology	20	5	306	4	herpetolog___y
histologists	16	4	629	4	h__istologists
horologists	15	4	896	4	hor___ologists
morphologists	21	5	426	4	morp_hologists
myrmecologists	24	5	278	4	myrmecologists
narratologists	15	5	321	4	narratologists
nematologists	16	16	660	4	ne_matologists
neonatologists	15	8	419	4	neonatologists
nephrologists	19	5	498	4	ne_phrologists
pedologists	15	4	827	4	___pedologists
penologists	14	4	959	4	___penologists
petrologists	15	5	914	4	___petrologists
phrenologists	19	5	629	4	phr_enologists
planetologists	17	6	362	4	planetologists
proctologists	18	5	681	4	_proctologists
rheologists	15	4	731	4	__rhe_ologists
rheumatologists	21	6	225	4	rheumatologists
selenologists	14	5	533	4	se_lenologists
serologists	12	4	1012	4	ser___ologists
teleologists	13	4	722	4	te_le_ologists
teratologist	13	10	857	4	ter_atologist_

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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	38	3.110	21181.4
3	Display Results	38	38	0.030	1266.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	3.453	51749.5