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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 “ethnographical” 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.

27 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
ethnographical256321(None) 
ethnographic2355312ethnographic__
ethnographies2254933ethnographi_es
iconographical2463283iconographical
orthographical2563053orth_ographical
petrographical2463893pet_rographical
topographical2354213_topographical
typographical2663893_typographical
biographical2254514__biographical
cacographical2263414_cacographical
cartographical2463344cartographical
chirographical2783504chirographical
cosmographical2693324cosmographical
demographical2454174_demographical
discographical2562834discographical
epigraphical2263584e__pigraphical
ethnographer2184784ethnograph__er
ethnographers2293584ethnograph_ers
ethnography2355144ethnograph___y
geographical2164534__geographical
hagiographical2663224hagiographical
lexicographical3292214lexicographical
oceanographical2572244oceanographical
orographical2054394__orographical
paleographical2463664paleographical
stenographic2055904stenographic__
xylographical3163574_xylographical

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874273.42319244.5
3Display Results27270.030900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691273.76647448.5
 
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