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

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

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59 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
lithographer	21	5	502	(None)
lithographed	22	5	438	1	lithographed
lithographers	22	5	390	1	lithographers
lithograph	19	6	563	2	lithograph__
lithographic	23	5	569	2	lithographic
lithographies	22	9	527	2	lithographies
lithographs	20	6	564	2	lithograph_s
lithography	23	6	537	2	lithograph_y
mythographer	26	12	451	2	mythographer
biographer	18	12	651	3	bi__ographer
discographer	21	5	416	3	discographer
ethnographer	21	8	478	3	_ethnographer
lithographing	23	6	281	3	lithographing
lithotripter	17	6	119	3	lithotripter
mythographers	27	9	363	3	mythographers
petrographer	20	5	728	3	petrographer
videographer	22	5	432	3	videographer
autographed	18	5	615	4	aut_ographed
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
cosmographer	22	5	488	4	cosmographer
demographer	20	4	637	4	_demographer
discographers	22	5	319	4	discographers
ethnographers	22	9	358	4	_ethnographers
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	580	4	hydrographer
iconographer	20	5	489	4	iconographer
lexicographer	28	15	257	4	lexicographer
lithosphere	19	5	317	4	litho__sphere
lithotripters	18	6	98	4	lithotripters
lithotriptor	17	7	110	4	lithotriptor
micrographed	23	6	594	4	micrographed
mimeographed	23	5	373	4	mimeographed
mythographies	27	5	455	4	mythographies
mythography	28	5	440	4	mythograph_y
orthographic	23	5	563	4	orthographic
orthographies	22	5	510	4	orthographies
orthography	23	5	517	4	orthograph_y
paleographer	20	11	573	4	paleographer
petrographers	21	5	507	4	petrographers
phonographer	23	4	786	4	phonographer
photographer	23	4	969	4	photographer
pornographer	20	5	601	4	pornographer
reprographer	20	5	625	4	reprographer
scenographer	20	6	470	4	scenographer
seismographer	21	14	340	4	seismographer
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 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	59	6.970	17903.9
3	Display Results	59	59	0.046	1282.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	7.439	24020.8