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

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

41 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
paragraphers209304(None) 
paragrapher1973651paragrapher_
paragraphed2083302paragraphe_d
paragraphs1844842paragraph__s
cartographers2194463cartographers
paleographers21114243paleographers
paragraph1745013paragraph___
paragraphic2154183paragraph_ic
paragraphing2152353paragraphing
petrographers2155073petrographers
polygraphers2353403polygraphers
pornographers2164493pornographers
serigraphers1853573serigraphers
barographs1847074barograph__s
biographers19155114_biographers
calligraphers2162224calligraphers
cartographer2096114cartographer_
chirographers2494694chirographers
chorographers24106124chorographers
demographers2154564demographers
epigraphers1953404_epigraphers
geographers1854784_geographers
hagiographers2353744hagiographers
holographers2166224holographers
hydrographers2654164hydrographers
paleographer20115734paleographer_
paraphrasers1971474paraphra_sers
paratroopers16101384paratroopers
petrographer2057284petrographer_
phonographers2465804phonographers
photographers2457174photographers
polygrapher2254064polygrapher_
pornographer2056014pornographer_
programers1584404p_rogra_mers
programmers1893534p_rogrammers
reprographers2154664reprographers
serigrapher1754464serigrapher_
telegraphers1853794telegraphers
topographers2055074topographers
typographers2354074typographers
xylographers2853814xylographers

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790416.36019621.1
3Display Results41410.0301366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691416.78026355.6
 
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