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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 “petrographer” 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.

88 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
petrographer205728(None) 
petrographers2155071petrographers
petrographic2278022petrographic
petrographies2157142petrographies
petrography2247542petrograph_y
reprographer2056252reprographer
cartographer2096113cartographer
chirographer23106063chirographer
chorographer23118243chorographer
demographer2046373de_mographer
ethnographer2184783_ethnographer
geographer1746163ge__ographer
hydrographer2555793hydrographer
lithographer2155023lithographer
mythographer26124513mythographer
paleographer20115733paleographer
paragrapher1973643p_aragrapher
phonographer2347863phonographer
photographer2349693photographer
pornographer2056003pornographer
reprographers2154663reprographers
serigrapher1754463se_rigrapher
stenographer1875303stenographer
autographed1856154aut_ographed
biographer18126514__biographer
cartographers2194464cartographers
chirographers2494694chirographers
choreographer2495744choreographer
chorographers24106124chorographers
cosmographer2254884cosmographer
demographers2154564de_mographers
deprogrammer2062774deprogrammer
discographer2154164discographer
epigrapher1854064_e_pigrapher
ethnographers2293584_ethnographers
geographers1854784ge__ographers
hagiographer2255014hagiographer
hectographed2454544hectographed
heliographed2275514heliographed
holographer2088394_holographer
hydrographers2654154hydrographers
iconographer2054894iconographer
lexicographer28152574lexicographer
lithographed2254384lithographed
lithographers2253904lithographers
metallographer2262334metallographer
micrographed2365944micrographed
mythographers2793634mythographers
oceanographer2162964oceanographer
paleographers21114244paleographers
paragraphed2083304p_aragraphed
paragraphers2093024p_aragraphers
petroglyph2151784petroglyph__
petroglyphs2261784petroglyph_s
petrographical2463884petrographical
phonographers2465804phonographers
photographed2458664photographed
photographers2457174photographers
physiographer2754344physiographer
polygrapher2254064p_olygrapher
pornographers2164484pornographers
programer1475604p__rogra_mer
programmer1794104p__rogrammer
reprographic2296654reprographic
reprographies2196094reprographies
reprography2246524reprograph_y
retrograde1254164retrogra_de_
retrograded1453104retrogra_ded
retrogrades1354004retrogra_des
scenographer2064694scenographer
seismographer21143404seismographer
serigraphers1853574se_rigraphers
spectrograph22123524spectrograph__
spectrographic2662874spectrographic
spectrographies2562444spectrographies
spectrographs23113384spectrograph_s
spectrography26123384spectrograph_y
stenographers19104094stenographers
stereographed2053904stereographed
telegrapher1754504te_legrapher
thermographer2464884thermographer
topographer1946694_topographer
typographer2255344_typographer
videographer2254324videographer
xerographic2667924xe_rographic
xerographies2586714xe_rographies
xerography2647174xe_rograph_y
xylographer2754834_xylographer

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790887.95315690.9
3Display Results88880.0631396.8
 (SQL Overall)178691888.15621909.1
 
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