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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foroceanographicala” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
oceanographical2572241oceanographical_
oceanographic2353403oceanographic___
cacographical2263414_c_acographical_
iconographical2463284ic_onographical_
oceanographies2263054oceanographi__es
cartographical2463335_cartographical_
chirographical2783505_chirographical_
cosmographical2693325_cosmographical_
demographical2454165_de_mographical_
ethnographical2563205_ethnographical_
geographical2164535_ge__ographical_
oceanographer2162965oceanograph___er
oceanographers2262295oceanograph__ers
oceanography2353415oceanograph____y
orographical2054395o___rographical_
orthographical2563055o_rthographical_
petrographical2463875_petrographical_
scenographic2275195sce_nographic___

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit43548182.56316991.0
3Display Results18180.0131384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691182.65267379.7