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

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

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66 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
virologist	14	4	881	(None)
virologists	15	4	663	1	virologists
biologist	12	4	1234	2	bi_ologist
horologist	14	4	1236	2	horologist
mixologist	20	4	769	2	mixologist
orologist	10	3	1310	2	_orologist
prologist	12	3	1508	2	_prologist
serologist	11	4	1315	2	serologist
sinologist	11	5	1066	2	sinologist
urologist	10	4	1105	2	_urologist
virologic	15	4	506	2	virologi_c
virologies	14	4	721	2	virologies
algologist	12	4	824	3	algologist
apologist	12	4	1240	3	_apologist
biologism	14	4	723	3	bi_ologism
biologists	13	4	943	3	bi_ologists
bryologist	16	4	738	3	bryologist
cetologist	13	4	1225	3	cetologist
cytologist	16	4	1053	3	cytologist
dialogist	11	4	827	3	di_alogist
ecologist	12	3	1414	3	_ecologist
enologist	10	3	1412	3	_enologist
ethologist	14	4	1189	3	ethologist
fetologist	14	4	1040	3	fetologist
gemologist	14	10	1028	3	gemologist
geologist	11	6	1178	3	_geologist
histologist	15	4	798	3	histologist
horologists	15	4	896	3	horologists
hydrologist	19	4	833	3	hydrologist
ideologist	12	4	853	3	ideologist
iridologist	13	4	579	3	iridologist
limnologist	14	4	668	3	limnologist
metrologist	14	5	1123	3	metrologist
mixologists	21	4	568	3	mixologists
monologist	13	4	1361	3	monologist
mycologist	18	4	1035	3	mycologist
myologist	15	4	1109	3	_myologist
necrologist	14	4	1013	3	necrologist
neologist	10	7	1281	3	_neologist
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
orologists	11	4	982	3	_orologists
otologist	10	4	1281	3	_otologist
pedologist	14	4	1086	3	pedologist
penologist	13	4	1284	3	penologist
petrologist	14	7	1188	3	petrologist
philologist	17	6	843	3	philologist
pomologist	15	4	1204	3	pomologist
prologists	13	3	1117	3	_prologists
rheologist	14	4	953	3	rheologist
serologists	12	4	1012	3	serologists
sexologist	18	4	951	3	sexologist
sinologists	12	5	767	3	sinologists
topologist	13	4	1064	3	topologist
tribologist	14	4	772	3	tribologist
typologist	16	4	889	3	typologist
ufologist	13	4	705	3	_ufologist
urologists	11	4	841	3	_urologists
violinist	12	4	737	3	vi_olinist
violist	10	3	1214	3	vi_ol__ist
virological	17	4	630	3	virological
virology	15	4	584	3	virolog__y
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	66	6.876	20448.4
3	Display Results	66	66	0.046	1434.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	66	7.328	24384.7