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

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

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55 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
ethnographer	21	8	478	(None)
ethnographers	22	9	358	1	ethnographers
ethnographic	23	5	531	2	ethnographic
ethnographies	22	5	493	2	ethnographies
ethnography	23	5	514	2	ethnograph_y
stenographer	18	7	530	2	stenographer
iconographer	20	5	489	3	iconographer
lithographer	21	5	502	3	lith_ographer
mythographer	26	12	451	3	myth_ographer
petrographer	20	5	728	3	pet_rographer
phonographer	23	4	786	3	phonographer
pornographer	20	5	601	3	pornographer
scenographer	20	6	470	3	scenographer
stenographers	19	10	409	3	stenographers
topographer	19	4	669	3	_topographer
typographer	22	5	534	3	_typographer
biographer	18	12	651	4	__biographer
cartographer	20	9	611	4	cartographer
chirographer	23	10	606	4	chirographer
chorographer	23	11	824	4	chorographer
cosmographer	22	5	488	4	cosmographer
demographer	20	4	637	4	_demographer
discographer	21	5	416	4	discographer
epigrapher	18	5	406	4	e__pigrapher
ethnographical	25	6	321	4	ethnographical
geographer	17	4	616	4	__geographer
hagiographer	22	5	501	4	hagiographer
holographer	20	8	839	4	_holographer
hydrographer	25	5	580	4	hydrographer
iconographers	21	5	363	4	iconographers
lexicographer	28	15	257	4	lexicographer
lithographed	22	5	438	4	lith_ographed
lithographers	22	5	390	4	lith_ographers
metallographer	22	6	233	4	metallographer
monographed	20	4	655	4	_monographed
mythographers	27	9	363	4	myth_ographers
oceanographer	21	6	296	4	oceanographer
paleographer	20	11	573	4	paleographer
petrographers	21	5	507	4	pet_rographers
phonographers	24	6	580	4	phonographers
photographer	23	4	969	4	photographer
pornographers	21	6	449	4	pornographers
reprographer	20	5	625	4	reprographer
scenographers	21	7	363	4	scenographers
seismographer	21	14	340	4	seismographer
stenographic	20	5	590	4	stenographic
stenographies	19	12	531	4	stenographies
stenography	20	4	560	4	stenograph_y
telegrapher	17	5	450	4	_telegrapher
thermographer	24	6	488	4	_thermographer
topographers	20	5	507	4	_topographers
typographed	23	5	468	4	_typographed
typographers	23	5	407	4	_typographers
videographer	22	5	432	4	videographer
xylographer	27	5	483	4	_xylographer

Search took 8 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	55	7.326	17033.9
3	Display Results	55	55	0.033	1666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	7.765	23012.4