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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 “phonographer” 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.

35 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
phonographer234786(None) 
phonographers2465801phonographers
photographer2349691photographer
chorographer23118242chorographer
holographer2088392_holographer
iconographer2054892iconographer
phonograph2148812phonograph__
phonographic2548432phonographic
phonographies2447472phonographies
phonographs2248902phonograph_s
phonography2568302phonograph_y
photographed2458662photographed
photographers2457172photographers
pornographer2056012pornographer
chirographer23106063chirographer
choreographer2495743choreographer
chorographers24106123chorographers
ethnographer2184783ethnographer
holographed21107623_holographed
holographers2166223_holographers
iconographers2153633iconographers
monographed2046553_monographed
paleographer20115733paleographer
petrographer2057283petrographer
photograph21411013photograph__
photographic25410313photographic
photographies2459413photographies
photographs22411473photograph_s
photography25410073photograph_y
physiographer2754343physiographer
polygrapher2254063p_olygrapher
pornographers2164493pornographers
scenographer2064703scenographer
stenographer1875303stenographer
topographer1946693_topographer

Search took 4 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 Limit95024353.37328172.0
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.74947663.6
 
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