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

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

40 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
geographies185661(None) 
biographies1996492biographies
demographies2156412demographies
geographer1746162geograph_er
geographers1854782geographers
geographic1947752geographi_c
ideographies1955772ideographies
orographies1767792orographies
renographies1866532renographies
venographies2165672venographies
xerographies2586712xerographies
zoographies2645802zoographies
angiographies2054363angiographies
autographies1856953autographies
biogeographies2353353biogeographies
biographees19124533biographees
cacographies2255723cacographies
demographics2355763demographics
epigraphies1954933epigraphies
flexographies2953543flexographies
geographical2164533geographical
geography1946453geograph__y
hagiographies2354923hagiographies
holographies2148123holographies
kymographies2754483kymographies
nomographies20126603nomographies
paleographies2155733paleographies
petrographies2157143petrographies
reprographies2196093reprographies
scenographies21124523scenographies
serigraphies18114763serigraphies
sonographies1846613sonographies
stenographies19125313stenographies
telegraphies1854773telegraphies
tomographies20127363tomographies
topographies20116933topographies
typographies23105663typographies
videographies2354423videographies
xylographies2855263xylographies
zoogeographies301864573zoogeographies

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633405.73621205.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.15829017.7
 
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