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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 “ethnography” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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83 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
ethnography235514(None) 
ethnographer2184782ethnographer
ethnographic2355312ethnographic
stenography2045602stenography
ethnographers2293583ethnographers
ethnographies2254933ethnographies
iconography2245453iconography
lithography2365373lith_ography
mythography2854403myth_ography
orthography2355173orth_ography
petrography2247543pet_rography
phonography2568303phonography
planography2255163planography
pornography2246213pornography
renography1947023_renography
scenography2254843scenography
sonography1947203_sonography
stylography2354533stylography
tomography2177793_tomography
topography2177093_topography
typography2495893_typography
uranography2054183uranography
venography2245763_venography
angiography2154514angiography
aortography2046404aortography
autography1947624_autography
biography2046224__biography
cacography2345834_cacography
cartography2246784cartography
chirography2546134chirography
chorography2548454chorography
chronography26125744chronography
cosmography2445594cosmography
demography2246974_demography
discography2354094discography
epigraphy2044264e__pigraphy
ergograph1646074e_rgograph_
ergographs1746364e_rgographs
ethnarchy2051604ethn_ar_chy
ethnographical2563214ethnographical
ethogram1446354eth_ogra__m
ethograms1545434eth_ogra_ms
filmography2554174filmography
flexography3053444flexography
geography1946454__geography
hagiography2445504hagiography
holography2278614_holography
hydrography2746194hydrography
ideography2046214_ideography
kymography28114894_kymography
lexicography3052554lexicography
lithograph1965634lith_ograph_
lithographs2065644lith_ographs
mammography2353814mammography
metallography2462944metallography
monograph1748644_monograph_
monographs1848884_monographs
nomography2166804_nomography
oceanography2353414oceanography
orography1847954__orography
paleography2246174paleography
phonograph2148814phonograph_
phonographs2248904phonographs
photography25410074photography
pictography2446074pictography
radiography2165944radiography
reprography2246524reprography
seismography23133884seismography
stenographer1875304stenographer
stenographic2055904stenographic
stereography2154974stereography
telegraphy1954374_telegraphy
thermography2655334_thermography
tomograph1788714_tomograph_
tomographs1889084_tomographs
topograph1787484_topograph_
topographs1888044_topographs
typograph2086314_typograph_
typographs2196484_typographs
videography2454434videography
xerography2647174_xerography
xylography2945004_xylography
zoography2745664__zoography

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit148819839.51615638.8
3Display Results83830.0461804.3
 (SQL Overall)178691839.71518393.3
 
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