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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 “photographies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

38 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
photographies245941(None) 
phonographies2447471phonographies
chorographies2487432chorographies
holographies2148122_holographies
photographed2458662photograph_ed
photographer2349692photograph_er
photographers2457172photographers
photographic25410312photographi_c
photographing2565982photographing
photographs22411472photograph__s
pictographies2355632pictographies
aortographies1955733aortographies
autographies1856953_autographies
cartographies2156043cartographies
chirographies2465903chirographies
choreographies2555273choreographies
chronographies2574933chronographies
iconographies2155053iconographies
nomographies20126603_nomographies
orographies1767793__orographies
paleographies2155733paleographies
petrographies2157143petrographies
phlebographies2763303phlebographies
phonographer2347863phonograph_er
phonographers2465803phonographers
phonographic2548433phonographi_c
phonographs2248903phonograph__s
photograph21411013photograph___
photography25410073photograph__y
photogravures2272193photogravures
physiographies2854193physiographies
planographies2164883planographies
pornographies2165963pornographies
prototrophies2064663prototrophies
sonographies1846613_sonographies
tomographies20127363_tomographies
topographies20116933_topographies
zoographies2645803_zo_ographies

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 Filter178691658740.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit65874382.67024671.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.77964300.5
 
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