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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 “biographies” 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.

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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
biographies199649(None) 
biographees19124531biographees
biographee18155542biograph_ee
biographer18126512biograph_er
biographers19155112biographers
biographic2047442biographi_c
geographies1856612geographies
orographies1767792orographies
zoographies2645802zoographies
angiographies2054363angiographies
autographies1856953autographies
bibliographies2463383bibliographies
biogeographies2353353biogeographies
biographical2254513biographical
biography2046223biograph__y
cacographies2255723cacographies
chirographies2465903chirographies
demographies2156413demographies
discographies2284583discographies
epigraphies1954933epigraphies
filmographies2454303filmographies
hagiographies2354923hagiographies
holographies2148123holographies
ideographies1955773ideographies
kymographies2754483kymographies
lithographies2295273lithographies
nomographies20126603nomographies
pictographies2355633pictographies
radiographies2055823radiographies
renographies1866533renographies
sonographies1846613sonographies
tomographies20127363tomographies
topographies20116933topographies
typographies23105663typographies
venographies2165673venographies
videographies2354423videographies
xerographies2586713xerographies
xylographies2855263xylographies

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633386.25019461.3
3Display Results38380.0301266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691386.67326778.2
 
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