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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 “cinematographs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

25 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
cinematographs247256(None) 
cinematograph2372691cinematograph_
cinematography2772651cinematography
cinematographer25122062cinematographer
cinematographic2772102cinematographic
chromatographs27134373chromatographs
anemographs1955414_anem__ographs
chromatograph26134554chromatograph_
chromatography30134384chromatography
anemograph1855375_anem__ograph_
chromatograms2392945chromatogra_ms
chromatographed29163365chromatographed
chromatographer28213585chromatographer
chromatographic3073445chromatographic
cinemagoers1651955cinemagoer___s
cryptographs2554575c__ryptographs
cymographs2397005c__ym__ographs
hectographs2256205__he_ctographs
ideographs1746785_ide___ographs
magnetographs2261695magne__tographs
mimeographs2184765mi__m_eographs
nomographs1877805__nom__ographs
pantographs1946575pan___tographs
pictographs2146555pi___ctographs
pneumographs2253595_pne_umographs

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024256.65614276.4
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.02825425.6
 
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