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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 “petrography” 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.

37 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
petrography224754(None) 
petrographer2057282petrographer
petrographic2278022petrographic
reprography2246522reprography
spectrography26123382spectrography
xerography2647172xe_rography
aortography2046403aortography
autography1947623aut_ography
cartography2246783cartography
chirography2546133chirography
chorography2548453chorography
demography2246973de_mography
ethnography2355143_ethnography
geography1946453ge__ography
hydrography2746193hydrography
lithography2365373lithography
mythography2854403mythography
orography1847953__orography
orthography2355173orthography
paleography2246173paleography
petroglyph2151783petroglyph_
petroglyphs2261783petroglyphs
petrographers2155073petrographers
petrographies2157143petrographies
phonography2568303phonography
photography25410073photography
pictography2446073pictography
planography2255163planography
polarography2353903polarography
pornography2246213pornography
renography1947023re_nography
serigraphy1954563se_rigraphy
spectrograph22123523spectrograph_
spectrographs23113383spectrographs
stenography2045603stenography
stereography2154973stereography
venography2245763ve_nography

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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633374.68625956.7
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691375.10834982.6
 
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