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

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

65 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
lexicographers2917219(None) 
lexicographer28152571lexicographer_
lexicographies2962642lexicographies
lexicographic3062803lexicograph_ic
lexicography3052553lexicograph__y
biographers19155114__bi_ographers
chirographers2494694_chirographers
demographers2154564de__mographers
discographers2253194_discographers
epigraphers1953404_epi__graphers
ethnographers2293584_ethnographers
geographers1854784ge___ographers
hagiographers2353744hagi_ographers
lexicographical3292214lexicographical
lithographers2253904l_ithographers
petrographers2155074pe_trographers
reprographers2154664re_prographers
seismographers22142684seismographers
serigraphers1853574seri__graphers
xylographers2853814__xylographers
bibliographers2462535bibliographers
biogeographers2382915biogeographers
biographees19124535__bi_ographees
biographer18126515__bi_ographer_
cartographers2194465_cartographers
chirographer23106065_chirographer_
choreographers2594535choreographers
chorographers24106125_chorographers
cosmographers2353595_cosmographers
cryptographers2762915cryptographers
demographer2046375de__mographer_
discographer2154165_discographer_
epigrapher1854065_epi__grapher_
ethnographer2184785_ethnographer_
flexographies2953545flex__ographies
geographer1746165ge___ographer_
glossographers2161765glossographers
hagiographer2255015hagi_ographer_
heliographed2275515heli_ographe_d
heliographs2047125heli_ograph__s
holographers2166225__holographers
hydrographers2654165_hydrographers
iconographers2153635_iconographers
lithographer2155025l_ithographer_
metallographers2371845metallographers
mythographers2793635_mythographers
oceanographers2262295oceanographers
paleographers21114245_paleographers
petrographer2057285pe_trographer_
phonographers2465805_phonographers
photographers2457175_photographers
physiographers2863405physiographers
pornographers2164495_pornographers
reprographer2056255re_prographer_
scenographers2173635_scenographers
seismographer21143405seismographer_
serigrapher1754465seri__grapher_
stenographers19104095_stenographers
telegraphers1853795te__legraphers
thermographers2553685thermographers
topographers2055075__topographers
typographers2354075__typographers
videographers2353405_videographers
xylographer2754835__xylographer_
zoogeographers3062375zoogeographers

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024656.45314725.6
3Display Results65650.0461413.0
 (SQL Overall)178691656.85926052.0
 
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