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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 “heliographs” 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.

26 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
heliographs204712(None) 
heliograph1946901heliograph_
hectographs2256202hectographs
heliograms1644852heliogra_ms
heliographed2275512heliographed
heliographic2356942heliographic
holographs1979982hol_ographs
allographs1648063_allographs
bolographs1867533bol_ographs
epigraphs1745043_epi_graphs
ergographs1746363_ergographs
hagiography2445503hagiography
hectograph2146263hectograph_
heliogram1545573heliogra__m
heliographing2353323heliographing
heliotropes1654043heliotropes
holograph1879663hol_ograph_
holography2278613hol_ography
homographs21710553h_omographs
hygrographs2455503hygrographs
oleographs1647853_oleographs
radiographs1856523radiographs
serigraphs1645433seri_graphs
telegraphs1645193tel_egraphs
thermographs2355653thermographs
xylographs2645663xyl_ographs

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633265.06324023.9
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.46632691.4
 
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