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

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

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64 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
metrologist	14	5	1122	(None)
metrologists	15	8	883	1	metrologists
petrologist	14	7	1188	1	petrologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	2	cet_ologist
ethologist	14	4	1189	2	_ethologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	2	fet_ologist
meteorologist	16	5	487	2	meteorologist
metrologies	14	4	958	2	metrologies
mythologist	20	5	899	2	mythologist
necrologist	14	4	1012	2	necrologist
neurologist	12	4	998	2	neurologist
petrologists	15	5	914	2	petrologists
serologist	11	4	1315	2	se_rologist
anthologist	15	4	1046	3	anthologist
cetologists	14	4	916	3	cet_ologists
cytologist	16	4	1053	3	cyt_ologist
dendrologist	15	5	509	3	dendrologist
ecologist	12	3	1414	3	_e_cologist
electrologist	16	5	704	3	electrologist
embryologist	20	5	387	3	embryologist
enologist	10	3	1412	3	_e_nologist
ethnologist	15	4	926	3	_ethnologist
ethologists	15	4	902	3	_ethologists
etymologist	17	15	802	3	_etymologist
fetologists	15	4	799	3	fet_ologists
futurologist	16	7	350	3	futurologist
gemmologist	17	4	654	3	gemmologist
gemologist	14	10	1028	3	ge_mologist
geologist	11	6	1178	3	ge__ologist
horologist	14	4	1236	3	_horologist
hydrologist	19	4	833	3	hydrologist
martyrologist	19	5	332	3	martyrologist
meteorologists	17	5	418	3	meteorologists
methodologist	20	5	431	3	methodologist
metrological	17	4	837	3	metrological
metrology	15	4	679	3	metrolog__y
metropolis	14	5	645	3	metropolis_
mixologist	20	4	769	3	m_ixologist
monologist	13	4	1361	3	m_onologist
museologist	14	4	580	3	museologist
mycologist	18	4	1035	3	m_ycologist
myologist	15	4	1109	3	m__yologist
mythologists	21	4	689	3	mythologists
necrologists	15	4	787	3	necrologists
neologist	10	7	1281	3	ne__ologist
nephrologist	18	5	630	3	nephrologist
neurologists	13	4	764	3	neurologists
numerologist	15	7	491	3	nume_rologist
ontologist	11	4	1136	3	ont_ologist
orologist	10	3	1310	3	__orologist
osteologist	12	4	856	3	osteologist
otologist	10	4	1281	3	_ot_ologist
pathologist	17	4	1066	3	pathologist
pedologist	14	4	1086	3	pe_dologist
penologist	13	4	1284	3	pe_nologist
petrologic	15	4	773	3	petrologi_c
petrologies	14	4	989	3	petrologies
prologist	12	3	1508	3	__prologist
semiologist	14	4	1071	3	semiologist
serologists	12	4	1012	3	se_rologists
sexologist	18	4	951	3	se_xologist
teleologist	12	4	938	3	teleologist
urologist	10	4	1105	3	__urologist
virologist	14	4	881	3	_virologist

Search took 6 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	64	5.000	24326.6
3	Display Results	64	64	0.030	2133.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	5.423	32950.6