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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
biogeographies235335(None) 
biogeographer2273582biogeograph_er
biogeographers2382912biogeographers
biogeographic2453952biogeographi_c
zoogeographies301864572zoogeographies
bibliographies2463383bibliographies
biogeographical2682733biogeographical
biogeography2453713biogeograph__y
biographies1996493bi___ographies
choreographies2555273choreographies
geographies1856613___geographies
ideographies1955773_i_deographies
videographies2354423vi_deographies
angiographies2054364_angiographies
aortographies1955734_aortographies
biographees19124534bi___ographees
chorographies2487434cho_rographies
cosmographies2355054_cosmographies
discographies2284584di_scographies
filmographies2454304fi_lmographies
hagiographies2354924_hagiographies
holographies2148124_ho_lographies
iconographies2155054_iconographies
lithographies2295274li_thographies
nomographies20126604_no_mographies
orographies1767794__o_rographies
paleographies2155734_paleographies
phonographies2447474pho_nographies
photographies2459414pho_tographies
pictographies2355634pi_ctographies
pornographies2165964_pornographies
sonographies1846614_so_nographies
stereographies2054244stereographies
tomographies20127364_to_mographies
topographies20116934_to_pographies
zoogeographer2962784zoogeograph_er
zoogeographers3062374zoogeographers
zoogeographic3153184zoogeographi_c
zoographies2645804_zo__ographies

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874393.31319883.5
3Display Results39390.0301300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691393.67348649.9
 
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