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

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

32 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
petrographical246389(None) 
petrographic2278022petrographic__
cartographical2463343cartographical
chirographical2783503chirographical
demographical2454173de_mographical
ethnographical2563213_ethnographical
geographical2164533ge__ographical
orographical2054393__orographical
orthographical2563053orthographical
paleographical2463663paleographical
petrographies2157143petrographi_es
biographical2254514__biographical
cacographical2263414_cacographical
cosmographical2693324cosmographical
discographical2562834discographical
epigraphical2263584_e_pigraphical
hagiographical2663224hagiographical
iconographical2463284iconographical
lexicographical3292214lexicographical
oceanographical2572244oceanographical
petrographer2057284petrograph__er
petrographers2155074petrograph_ers
petrography2247544petrograph___y
physiographical3172864physiographical
reprographic2296654reprographic__
reprographics2395174reprographic_s
spectrographic2662874spectrographic__
topographical2354214_topographical
typographical2663894_typographical
xerographic2667924xe_rographic__
xerographically3363644xe_rographically
xylographical3163574_xylographical

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874323.25020268.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.59249746.9
 
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