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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 “encephalographs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

25 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
encephalographs2814221(None) 
encephalograph27142521encephalograph_
encephalography31132231encephalography
encephalograms2471932encephalogra_ms
encephalogram2372283encephalogra__m
encephalopathy29111674encephalo_pathy
encephalopathic2981415encephalo_pathic
rephotographs2464035__rephotographs
anemographs1955416an_e___mographs
cinematographs2472566cine_matographs
encephala1653886encephal___a___
encephalitides2262106encephal_itides
encephalitis1963616encephal___itis
encephalitogens23191426encephalitogens
encephalon1753686encephalo_____n
holographs1979986_____holographs
microbarographs2771776microbarographs
nephograms1844496_n_eph__ogra_ms
oceanography2353416_oce__anography
oscillographs2162096osc__illographs
phonographs2248906____phonographs
photographs22411476____photographs
pneumographs2253596pn_e__umographs
rephotograph2364186__rephotograph_
telephotography2981736telephotography

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024256.68614212.4
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.06225303.2
 
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