Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “discographer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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57 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
discographer	21	5	416	(None)
discographers	22	5	319	1	discographers
discographic	23	5	466	2	discographic
discographies	22	8	458	2	discographies
discography	23	5	409	2	discograph_y
biographer	18	12	651	3	bi__ographer
cosmographer	22	5	488	3	cosmographer
demographer	20	4	637	3	d_emographer
discourager	15	5	308	3	discoura_ger
lithographer	21	5	502	3	lithographer
seismographer	21	14	340	3	seismographer
videographer	22	5	432	3	videographer
bibliographer	23	6	294	4	bibliographer
biogeographer	22	7	358	4	biogeographer
biographee	18	15	554	4	bi__ographee
biographers	19	15	511	4	bi__ographers
cartographer	20	9	611	4	cartographer
chirographer	23	10	606	4	chirographer
chorographer	23	11	824	4	chorographer
cosmographers	23	5	359	4	cosmographers
demographers	21	5	456	4	d_emographers
discographical	25	6	283	4	discographical
discourage	14	5	462	4	discoura_ge_
discouraged	16	5	369	4	discoura_ged
discouragers	16	5	232	4	discoura_gers
discourages	15	5	438	4	discoura_ges
discourser	13	4	476	4	discour__ser
disgracer	13	4	618	4	dis__gra_cer
ethnographer	21	8	478	4	ethnographer
geographer	17	4	616	4	__geographer
glossographer	20	6	216	4	glossographer
hagiographer	22	5	501	4	hagiographer
holographer	20	8	839	4	_holographer
hydrographer	25	5	579	4	hydrographer
iconographer	20	5	489	4	iconographer
isograph	14	4	670	4	_is_ograph__
isographs	15	4	672	4	_is_ograph_s
lexicographer	28	15	257	4	lexicographer
lithographed	22	5	438	4	lithographed
lithographers	22	5	390	4	lithographers
micrographed	23	6	594	4	micrographed
mimeographed	23	5	373	4	mimeographed
mythographer	26	12	451	4	mythographer
paleographer	20	11	573	4	paleographer
petrographer	20	5	728	4	petrographer
phonographer	23	4	786	4	phonographer
photographer	23	4	968	4	photographer
physiographer	27	5	434	4	physiographer
pornographer	20	5	600	4	pornographer
reprographer	20	5	625	4	reprographer
scenographer	20	6	469	4	scenographer
seismographers	22	14	268	4	seismographers
stenographer	18	7	530	4	stenographer
topographer	19	4	669	4	_topographer
typographer	22	5	534	4	_typographer
videographers	23	5	340	4	videographers
xylographer	27	5	483	4	_xylographer

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	124790	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	57	8.673	14388.3
3	Display Results	57	57	0.030	1900.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	57	8.859	20170.6