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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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71 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
petrographers215507(None) 
petrographer2057281petrographer_
petrographies2157142petrographies
reprographers2154662reprographers
cartographers2194463cartographers
chirographers2494693chirographers
chorographers24106123chorographers
demographers2154563de_mographers
ethnographers2293583_ethnographers
geographers1854783ge__ographers
hydrographers2654163hydrographers
lithographers2253903lithographers
mythographers2793633mythographers
paleographers21114243paleographers
paragraphers2093033p_aragraphers
petrographic2278023petrograph_ic
petrography2247543petrograph__y
phonographers2465803phonographers
photographers2457173photographers
pornographers2164493pornographers
reprographer2056253reprographer_
serigraphers1853573se_rigraphers
stenographers19104093stenographers
biographers19155114__biographers
cartographer2096114cartographer_
chirographer23106064chirographer_
choreographers2594534choreographers
chorographer23118244chorographer_
cosmographers2353594cosmographers
demographer2046374de_mographer_
deprogrammers2162424deprogrammers
discographers2253194discographers
epigraphers1953404_e_pigraphers
ethnographer2184784_ethnographer_
geographer1746164ge__ographer_
hagiographers2353744hagiographers
holographers2166224_holographers
hydrographer2555804hydrographer_
iconographers2153634iconographers
lexicographers29172194lexicographers
lithographer2155024lithographer_
metallographers2371844metallographers
mythographer26124514mythographer_
oceanographers2262294oceanographers
paleographer20115734paleographer_
paragrapher1973654p_aragrapher_
petroglyphs2261784petroglyph__s
petrographical2463894petrographical
phonographer2347864phonographer_
photographer2349694photographer_
physiographers2863404physiographers
polygraphers2353404p_olygraphers
pornographer2056014pornographer_
programers1584404p__rogra_mers
programmers1893534p__rogrammers
reprographics2395174reprographics
reprographies2196094reprographies
retrogrades1354004retrogra_de_s
scenographers2173634scenographers
seismographers22142684seismographers
serigrapher1754464se_rigrapher_
spectrographies2562444spectrographies
spectrographs23113384spectrograph__s
stenographer1875304stenographer_
telegraphers1853794te_legraphers
thermographers2553684thermographers
topographers2055074_topographers
typographers2354074_typographers
videographers2353404videographers
xerographies2586714xe_rographies
xylographers2853814_xylographers

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024714.78319867.0
3Display Results71710.0461543.5
 (SQL Overall)178691715.18934436.5
 
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