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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 “physiographies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

40 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
physiographies285419(None) 
physiographer2754342physiograph_er
physiographers2863402physiographers
physiographic2954642physiographi_c
hagiographies2354923_hagiographies
hydrographies2675803_hydrographies
phlebographies2763303phlebographies
phonographies2447473ph_onographies
photographies2459413ph_otographies
physiographical3172863physiographical
physiography2954493physiograph__y
angiographies2054364_angiographies
bibliographies2463394bibliographies
biographies1996494___biographies
cardiographies2353714cardiographies
chirographies2465904ch_irographies
choreographies2555274choreographies
chorographies2487434ch_orographies
chronographies2574934chronographies
cosmographies2355054_cosmographies
cryptographies2754084cryptographies
discographies2284584_discographies
holographies2148124_h_olographies
kymographies2754484_ky_mographies
mythographies2754554_mythographies
paleographies2155734p_aleographies
petrographies2157144p_etrographies
physiognomies2461474physiog_nomies
physiotherapies2872534physiotherap_ies
pictographies2355634p_ictographies
planographies2164884p_lanographies
polarographies2253534polarographies
pornographies2165964p_ornographies
prosopographies2262084prosopographies
radiographies2055834_radiographies
seismographies2253344seismographies
stylographies2254354sty_lographies
thermographies2554694thermographies
typographies23105664_ty_pographies
xylographies2855264_xy_lographies

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 Limit65874403.45319077.3
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691403.79647073.5
 
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