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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 “encephalography” 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.

29 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
encephalography3113223(None) 
encephalograph27142521encephalograph_
encephalographs28142211encephalographs
encephalogram2372283encephalogra__m
encephalograms2471933encephalogra_ms
encephalopathy29111673encephalo_pathy
encephalopathic2981415encephalo_pathic
oceanography2353415_oce__anography
telephotography2981735telephotography
antipornography26111346antipornography
cacography2345836__c___acography
chirography2546136__c__hirography
chorography2548456__c__horography
cinematography2772656cine_matography
encephala1653886encephal___a___
encephalon1753686encephalo_____n
ethnography2355146___eth_nography
holography2278616_____holography
lymphography3153026_lymph__ography
metallography2462946__metallography
oscillography2482156osc__illography
paleography2246176____p_aleography
phonography2568306____phonography
photography25410076____photography
planography2255166____planography
rephotograph2364186__rephotograph_
rephotographs2464036__rephotographs
reprography2246526__rep__rography
scenography2254846_sce___nography

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 Limit95024297.11013364.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.48223882.8
 
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