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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 “spectrograph” 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.

28 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
spectrograph2212352(None) 
spectrographs23113381spectrographs
spectrography26123381spectrography
spectrogram1852812spectrogra_m
spectrograms1952632spectrograms
spectrographic2662872spectrographic
hectograph2146263_hect_ograph
petrography2247543_pe_trography
pictograph2046653_pict_ograph
spectrographies2562443spectrographies
electrogram1654894electrogra_m
electrograms1755064electrograms
hectographs2256204_hect_ographs
micrograph2047564_mic_rograph
pantograph1847064_pant_ograph
petroglyph2151784_pe_troglyph
petrographer2057284_pe_trographer
petrographic2278024_pe_trographic
photograph21411014_phot_ograph
pictographs2146554_pict_ographs
pictography2446074_pict_ography
psychograph2754284psyc_hograph
seismograph19123844s_eismograph
serigraph1545484s_e__rigraph
spectroscope2063204spectroscope
spectroscopy2362354spectroscopy
sphygmograph2962104sphygmograph
stereograph1755014ste_reograph

Search took 8 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 Limit124790287.53316565.8
3Display Results28280.030933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691287.95322468.4
 
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