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

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

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37 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
pathologist	17	4	1066	(None)
pathologists	18	4	837	1	pathologists
anthologist	15	4	1046	2	anthologist
ethologist	14	4	1189	2	_ethologist
mythologist	20	5	900	2	mythologist
pathologic	18	4	743	2	pathologi_c
pathologies	17	4	873	2	pathologies
petrologist	14	7	1188	2	petrologist
algologist	12	4	824	3	_algologist
anthologists	16	4	803	3	anthologists
apologist	12	4	1240	3	_a_pologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	3	cet_ologist
cytologist	16	4	1053	3	cyt_ologist
ethnologist	15	4	926	3	_ethnologist
ethologists	15	4	902	3	_ethologists
fetologist	14	4	1040	3	fet_ologist
graphologist	19	11	486	3	graphologist
metrologist	14	5	1123	3	metrologist
mythologists	21	4	689	3	mythologists
ontologist	11	4	1136	3	ont_ologist
osteologist	12	4	856	3	osteologist
otologist	10	4	1281	3	_ot_ologist
palynologist	18	5	630	3	palynologist
papyrologist	20	5	509	3	papyrologist
pathological	20	4	798	3	pathological
pathology	18	4	693	3	patholog__y
pedologist	14	4	1086	3	p_edologist
penologist	13	4	1284	3	p_enologist
petrologists	15	5	914	3	petrologists
philologist	17	6	843	3	philologist
phonologist	17	4	1156	3	phonologist
phycologist	22	5	918	3	phycologist
pomologist	15	4	1204	3	p_omologist
prologist	12	3	1508	3	p__rologist
psephologist	20	5	660	3	psephologist
psychologist	23	10	911	3	psychologist
radiologist	13	9	950	3	radiologist

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	37	5.390	22566.4
3	Display Results	37	37	0.016	2312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	5.796	30830.1